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Job 10:10 Did You not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese?

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(Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/job/10.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/10.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />You guided my conception and formed me in the womb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/10.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Did You not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Did You not pour me out like milk, And curdle me like cheese,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />&#8216;Did You not pour me out like milk, And curdle me like cheese,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216Did You not pour me out like milk And curdle me like cheese;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />&#8216;Didst Thou not pour me out like milk, And curdle me like cheese;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Did You not pour me out like milk And curdle me like cheese,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />&#8216;Have You not poured me out like milk And curdled me like cheese?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Did You not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Hast thou not poured me out as milk, And curdled me like cheese?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />As cheese is made from milk, you created my body from a tiny drop. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/10.htm">GOD'S WORD&reg; Translation</a></span><br />Didn't you pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You gave my father strength to beget me; you made me grow in my mother's womb. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Didn't you pour me out like milk and let me congeal like cheese?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Did You not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Did you not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Haven't you poured me out like milk, and curdled me like cheese?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Haven&#8217;t you poured me out like milk, and curdled me like cheese? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Do You not pour me out as milk? And curdle me as cheese?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Dost Thou not as milk pour me out? And as cheese curdle me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Wilt thou not weigh me out as milk, and coagulate me as cheese?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Hast thou not milked me as milk, and curdled me like cheese? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Have you not extracted me like milk and curdled me like cheese?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Did you not pour me out like milk, and thicken me like cheese? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thou hast churned me as milk, and curdled me as cheese.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you churned me like milk and you curdled me like cheese<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Hast Thou not poured me out as milk, And curdled me like cheese?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Hast thou not poured me out like milk, and curdled me like cheese?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/10-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=1551" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/10.htm">Job's Plea to God</a></span><br>&#8230;<span class="reftext">9</span>Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust? <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: ha&#774;&#183;l&#333; (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">Did You not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5413.htm" title="5413: tat&#183;t&#238;&#183;&#7733;&#234;&#183;n&#238; (V-Hifil-Imperf-2ms:: 1cs) -- To pour forth, be poured out. A primitive root; to flow forth; by implication, to liquify.">pour me out</a> <a href="/hebrew/2461.htm" title="2461: &#7733;e&#183;&#7717;&#257;&#183;l&#257;&#7687; (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- Milk. From the same as cheleb; milk.">like milk,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7087.htm" title="7087: taq&#183;p&#238;&#183;&#8217;&#234;&#183;n&#238; (V-Hifil-Imperf-2ms:: 1cs) -- To thicken, condense, congeal. A primitive root; to shrink, i.e. Thicken.">and curdle me</a> <a href="/hebrew/1385.htm" title="1385: w&#601;&#183;&#7733;ag&#183;g&#601;&#183;&#7687;in&#183;n&#257;h (Conj-w, Prep-k, Art:: N-fs) -- Curd, cheese. Feminine from the same as gibben; curdled milk.">like cheese?</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.&#8230;<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> &middot; <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/139-13.htm">Psalm 139:13-16</a></span><br />For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother&#8217;s womb. / I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well. / My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/64-8.htm">Isaiah 64:8</a></span><br />But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/2-7.htm">Genesis 2:7</a></span><br />Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/1-5.htm">Jeremiah 1:5</a></span><br />&#8220;Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.&#8221;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/11-5.htm">Ecclesiastes 11:5</a></span><br />As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother&#8217;s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/100-3.htm">Psalm 100:3</a></span><br />Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-16.htm">Isaiah 29:16</a></span><br />You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, &#8220;He did not make me&#8221;? Can the pottery say of the potter, &#8220;He has no understanding&#8221;?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-20.htm">Romans 9:20-21</a></span><br />But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, &#8220;Why did You make me like this?&#8221; / Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-38.htm">1 Corinthians 15:38</a></span><br />But God gives it a body as He has designed, and to each kind of seed He gives its own body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-7.htm">2 Corinthians 4:7</a></span><br />Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/18-27.htm">Genesis 18:27</a></span><br />Then Abraham answered, &#8220;Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord&#8212;though I am but dust and ashes&#8212;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/45-9.htm">Isaiah 45:9</a></span><br />Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker&#8212;one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, &#8216;What are you making?&#8217; Does your work say, &#8216;He has no hands&#8217;?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/33-6.htm">Job 33:6</a></span><br />I am just like you before God; I was also formed from clay.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-73.htm">Psalm 119:73</a></span><br />Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/17-28.htm">Acts 17:28</a></span><br />&#8216;For in Him we live and move and have our being.&#8217; As some of your own poets have said, &#8216;We are His offspring.&#8217;</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Have you not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?</p><p class="hdg">poured</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/139-14.htm">Psalm 139:14-16</a></b></br> I will praise thee; for I am fearfully <i>and</i> wonderfully made: marvellous <i>are</i> thy works; and <i>that</i> my soul knoweth right well&#8230; </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_samuel/17-29.htm">Cheese</a> <a href="/judges/5-25.htm">Curdled</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-11.htm">Drained</a> <a href="/job/9-4.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/job/3-12.htm">Milk</a> <a href="/job/3-24.htm">Pour</a> <a href="/job/3-24.htm">Poured</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/17-18.htm">Cheese</a> <a href="/judges/5-25.htm">Curdled</a> <a href="/job/14-11.htm">Drained</a> <a href="/job/13-25.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/job/20-17.htm">Milk</a> <a href="/job/15-13.htm">Pour</a> <a href="/job/20-28.htm">Poured</a><div class="vheading2">Job 10</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/10-1.htm">Job, taking liberty of complaint, expostulates with God about his afflictions</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/10-18.htm">He complains of life, and craves a little ease before death</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF2 --> <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/10.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book&nbsp;&#9702;</a>&nbsp;<a href="/study/chapters/job/10.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter&nbsp;</a></tr></table></div><b>Did You not pour me out like milk</b><br>This phrase uses the imagery of milk being poured out, which can symbolize the process of creation and formation. In the ancient Near Eastern context, milk was a staple of the diet and a symbol of nourishment and life. The pouring out of milk suggests the initial stages of life, where God is seen as the Creator who forms and shapes life. This imagery aligns with the biblical theme of God as the potter and humans as the clay (<a href="/isaiah/64-8.htm">Isaiah 64:8</a>), emphasizing God's intimate involvement in the creation of human life. The pouring out also reflects the fragility and dependency of human life on God's sustaining power.<p><b>and curdle me like cheese?</b><br>The curdling of milk into cheese represents the process of development and maturation. In the ancient world, cheese-making was a common practice, and the transformation from milk to cheese was understood as a natural process of change and solidification. This metaphor highlights the idea of God shaping and solidifying Job's being, giving him form and substance. It reflects the biblical understanding of God's sovereignty in the formation of life, as seen in <a href="/psalms/139-13.htm">Psalm 139:13-16</a>, where God is described as knitting together a person in the womb. The curdling process also suggests a sense of permanence and purpose in God's creative work, indicating that Job's life, like cheese, has been intentionally crafted by God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, known for his immense suffering and his quest to understand the reasons behind it.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Creator and Sustainer of all life, whom Job addresses in his lament, questioning the purpose and justice of his suffering.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_suffering.htm">Job's Suffering</a></b><br>The context of this verse is Job's lament over his suffering, which includes the loss of his children, wealth, and health. Job is in a dialogue with God, expressing his anguish and confusion.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_creation.htm">God's Sovereignty in Creation</a></b><br>Job's imagery of being "poured out like milk" and "curdled like cheese" reflects the intimate and deliberate act of God in creating life. This teaches us about God's sovereignty and care in the formation of each individual.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_mystery_of_suffering.htm">The Mystery of Suffering</a></b><br>Job's lament highlights the mystery of suffering and the struggle to understand God's purposes. It encourages believers to trust in God's wisdom, even when His ways are beyond our understanding.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_value_of_lament.htm">The Value of Lament</a></b><br>Job's honest expression of his pain and confusion is a model for believers to bring their struggles before God. Lament is a valid and important part of the faith journey.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_faith_amidst_trials.htm">The Importance of Faith Amidst Trials</a></b><br>Despite his suffering, Job continues to engage with God, demonstrating a faith that seeks understanding and remains steadfast even in the darkest times.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 10</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_job_10_5_align_with_god's_eternity.htm">In Job 10:5, Job asks if God experiences time like a human--how does this align with the idea of God's eternal nature in other Scriptures?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_job_see_god_as_ruthless.htm">In Job 10:16, why does Job perceive God as a ruthless adversary when other parts of the Bible portray Him as compassionate?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_job_question_god_in_job_10_2.htm">In Job 10:2, why does Job challenge God to clarify his wrongdoing if God is all-knowing and just?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_job_10_7_conflict_with_'all_have_sinned'.htm">In Job 10:7, Job insists he is innocent--does this conflict with the broader biblical teaching that all have sinned?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">Poured me out as milk</span>.--An allusion to the embryo. (See <a href="/context/psalms/139-13.htm" title="For you have possessed my reins: you have covered me in my mother's womb.">Psalm 139:13-16</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?</span> "Didst not thou" <span class="accented">i.e.</span>, "form me as an embryo in the womb, gradually solidifying my substance, and changing soft juices into a firm though tender mass?" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/10-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Did You not</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1492;&#1458;&#1500;&#1465;&#1443;&#1488;</span> <span class="translit">(ha&#774;&#183;l&#333;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">pour me out</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1514;&#1468;&#1463;&#1514;&#1468;&#1460;&#1497;&#1499;&#1461;&#1425;&#1504;&#1460;&#1497;</span> <span class="translit">(tat&#183;t&#238;&#183;&#7733;&#234;&#183;n&#238;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular &#124; first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5413.htm">Strong's 5413: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pour forth, be poured out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like milk,</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1499;&#1462;&#1453;&#1495;&#1464;&#1500;&#1464;&#1489;</span> <span class="translit">(&#7733;e&#183;&#7717;&#257;&#183;l&#257;&#7687;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article &#124; Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2461.htm">Strong's 2461: </a> </span><span class="str2">Milk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and curdle</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1514;&#1468;&#1463;&#1511;&#1456;&#1508;&#1468;&#1460;&#1497;&#1488;&#1461;&#1469;&#1504;&#1460;&#1497;&#1475;</span> <span class="translit">(taq&#183;p&#238;&#183;&#8217;&#234;&#183;n&#238;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular &#124; first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7087.htm">Strong's 7087: </a> </span><span class="str2">To thicken, condense, congeal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">me like cheese?</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1493;&#1456;&#1437;&#1499;&#1463;&#1490;&#1468;&#1456;&#1489;&#1460;&#1504;&#1468;&#1464;&#1431;&#1492;</span> <span class="translit">(w&#601;&#183;&#7733;ag&#183;g&#601;&#183;&#7687;in&#183;n&#257;h)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article &#124; Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1385.htm">Strong's 1385: </a> </span><span class="str2">Curdled milk</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/10-10.htm">Job 10:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/10-10.htm">Job 10:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/10-10.htm">Job 10:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/10-10.htm">Job 10:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/10-10.htm">Job 10:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/10-10.htm">Job 10:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/10-10.htm">Job 10:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/10-10.htm">Job 10:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/10-10.htm">Job 10:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/10-10.htm">Job 10:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/10-10.htm">OT Poetry: Job 10:10 Haven't you poured me out like milk (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/10-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 10:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 10:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/10-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 10:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 10:11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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