Job 10:9 Meaning and Explanation
“Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Job pleads with God to remember that He formed him from clay, and asks whether He will now return him to dust.
What Does Job 10:9 Mean?
Job echoes the language of Genesis, where the Lord forms man from the dust of the ground. He asks God to 'remember' his frailty -- that he is no more than shaped clay -- and wonders whether death will simply crumble him back to powder. It is the humble plea of a creature before his Creator.
The image of the potter and the clay runs all through Scripture and reaches its comfort in the resurrection. The God who first formed dust into life can raise it again. For the one who trusts Him, the return to dust is not the end of the story but the soil from which God brings forth life that does not perish.
Job 10:9 in the Original Language
homer (חֹמֶר), 'clay' -- the moist clay a potter works, evoking both fragility and the maker's shaping hand.
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What does Job 10:9 mean?
Job pleads with God to remember that He formed him from clay, and asks whether He will now return him to dust.