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I know that this was your purpose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet You concealed these things in Your heart, and I know that this was in Your mind:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And these <i>things</i> hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this <i>is</i> with thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />‘And these <i>things</i> You have hidden in Your heart; I know that this <i>was</i> with You:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />‘Yet You have concealed these things in Your heart; I know that this is within You:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216Yet these things You have concealed in Your heart; I know that this is within You:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Yet these things Thou hast concealed in Thy heart; I know that this is within Thee:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Yet these things You have concealed in Your heart; I know that this is within You:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />‘Yet these [present evils] You have hidden in Your heart [since my creation]: I know that this was within You [in Your purpose and thought].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Yet you concealed these thoughts in your heart; I know that this was your hidden plan:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />&#8220Yet You concealed these thoughts in Your heart; I know that this was Your hidden plan: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Yet these things thou didst hide in thy heart; I know that this is with thee:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You have not explained all of your mysteries, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Yet these things thou didst hide in thine heart; I know that this is with thee:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But in your heart you hid these things. I know this is what you did.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But now I know that all that time you were secretly planning to harm me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But you've hidden these things in your heart— I know this was your purpose: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet You concealed these things in Your heart, and I know that this was in Your mind:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"But these things you have concealed in your heart; I know that this is with you: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Yet you hid these things in your heart. I know that this is with you:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And these things hast thou hid in thy heart: I know that this is with thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yet you hid these things in your heart. I know that this is with you: <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And these You have laid up in Your heart, I have known that this [is] with You.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And these Thou hast laid up in Thy heart, I have known that this is with Thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And these thou didst hide in thy heart: I knew that this is with thee.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Although thou conceal these things in thy heart, yet I know that thou rememberest all things. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Though you may conceal this in your heart, yet I know that you remember everything.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Yet these things you have hidden in your heart; I know they are your purpose: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Yet these things you hid in your heart; I know that this was your purpose.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And these things hast thou hid in thy heart; I know that this is in thy mind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And these things you have hidden in your heart; I have known that this was in your mind<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Yet these things Thou didst hide in Thy heart; I know that this is with Thee;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Having these things in thyself, I know that thou canst do all things; for nothing is impossible with thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/10-13.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=1569" 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>…<span class="reftext">12</span>You have granted me life and loving devotion, and Your care has preserved my spirit. <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6845.htm" title="6845: ṣā·p̄an·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to hide; by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically to protect, to lurk.">Yet You concealed</a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: wə·’êl·leh (Conj-w:: Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">these things</a> <a href="/hebrew/3824.htm" title="3824: ḇil·ḇā·ḇe·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- Inner man, mind, will, heart. From labab; the heart; used also like leb.">in Your heart,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yā·ḏa‘·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">and I know</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: zōṯ (Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">this was</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im·māḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">in Your mind:</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <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/139-16.htm">Psalm 139:16</a></span><br />Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/29-11.htm">Jeremiah 29:11</a></span><br />For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/46-10.htm">Isaiah 46:10</a></span><br />I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-28.htm">Romans 8:28</a></span><br />And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/1-11.htm">Ephesians 1:11</a></span><br />In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/19-21.htm">Proverbs 19:21</a></span><br />Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/50-20.htm">Genesis 50:20</a></span><br />As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-24.htm">Isaiah 14:24</a></span><br />The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/2-7.htm">1 Corinthians 2:7</a></span><br />No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/2-23.htm">Acts 2:23</a></span><br />He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-8.htm">Isaiah 55:8-9</a></span><br />“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. / “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/4-35.htm">Daniel 4:35</a></span><br />All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-33.htm">Romans 11:33-36</a></span><br />O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways! / “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?” / “Who has first given to God, that God should repay him?” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/1-9.htm">2 Timothy 1:9</a></span><br />He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-11.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:11</a></span><br />He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And these things have you hid in your heart: I know that this is with you.</p><p class="hdg">hid</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/23-9.htm">Job 23:9</a></b></br> On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold <i>him</i>: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see <i>him</i>:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ecclesiastes/8-6.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:6,7</a></b></br> Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man <i>is</i> great upon him… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/45-15.htm">Isaiah 45:15</a></b></br> Verily thou <i>art</i> a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.</p><p class="hdg">I know</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/23-13.htm">Job 23:13</a></b></br> But he <i>is</i> in one <i>mind</i>, and who can turn him? and <i>what</i> his soul desireth, even <i>that</i> he doeth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-39.htm">Deuteronomy 32:39</a></b></br> See now that I, <i>even</i> I, <i>am</i> he, and <i>there is</i> no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither <i>is there any</i> that can deliver out of my hand.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/45-7.htm">Isaiah 45:7</a></b></br> I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these <i>things</i>.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/6-10.htm">Concealed</a> <a href="/job/9-4.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/job/6-16.htm">Hid</a> <a href="/job/6-16.htm">Hide</a> <a href="/job/10-12.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/job/6-2.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/job/10-9.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/job/10-8.htm">Purpose</a> <a href="/job/5-13.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/job/10-1.htm">Thoughts</a> <a href="/job/6-13.htm">Within</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/15-18.htm">Concealed</a> <a href="/job/11-13.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/job/15-18.htm">Hid</a> <a href="/job/13-20.htm">Hide</a> <a href="/job/15-18.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/job/14-10.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/job/12-3.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/job/11-6.htm">Purpose</a> <a href="/job/13-10.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/job/12-5.htm">Thoughts</a> <a href="/job/14-22.htm">Within</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 />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <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 ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/10.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Yet You concealed these things in Your heart</b><br>This phrase reflects Job's struggle with understanding God's hidden purposes. In the biblical context, God's ways and thoughts are often depicted as beyond human comprehension (<a href="/isaiah/55-8.htm">Isaiah 55:8-9</a>). The heart, in ancient Near Eastern culture, was considered the seat of thought and intention, not just emotion. Job is expressing his frustration with the divine mystery, a theme that runs throughout the book. This concealment can be seen as a test of faith, similar to how God’s plans were hidden from Joseph in Genesis, yet ultimately for a greater purpose.<p><b>and I know that this was in Your mind:</b><br>Job acknowledges God's sovereignty and omniscience, recognizing that nothing happens outside of God's will. This reflects a deep theological truth found throughout Scripture, such as in <a href="/romans/8-28.htm">Romans 8:28</a>, where all things work together for good for those who love God. Job's statement is a mix of resignation and faith, understanding that God's plans are deliberate and intentional. This echoes the wisdom literature's emphasis on trusting God's ultimate plan, even when it is not immediately apparent, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/3-5.htm">Proverbs 3:5-6</a>. The phrase also foreshadows the New Testament revelation of God's ultimate plan through Jesus Christ, who fulfills God's hidden purposes for redemption.<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, experiencing intense suffering and questioning God's purposes.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Almighty Creator, who is sovereign over all creation. In the context of Job, God is the one whom Job is addressing, expressing his confusion and seeking understanding of his suffering.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_suffering.htm">Job's Suffering</a></b><br>The event of Job's intense trials, including the loss of his children, wealth, and health, which leads him to question the reasons behind his suffering.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_wisdom.htm">God's Sovereignty and Wisdom</a></b><br>Recognize that God's plans and purposes are often beyond our understanding, yet they are always rooted in His perfect wisdom and sovereignty.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_hidden_purposes.htm">Trust in God's Hidden Purposes</a></b><br>Even when we cannot see or understand God's plans, we are called to trust that He is working all things for our good and His glory.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_faith_in_suffering.htm">The Role of Faith in Suffering</a></b><br>In times of suffering, faith requires us to hold onto the truth of God's character, trusting that He is good, even when circumstances suggest otherwise.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_honest_prayer.htm">The Importance of Honest Prayer</a></b><br>Job's candid expression of his confusion and pain teaches us the value of bringing our honest emotions and questions before God in prayer.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/seeking_understanding_through_scripture.htm">Seeking Understanding through Scripture</a></b><br>While some of God's purposes may remain hidden, we are encouraged to seek understanding and comfort through the study of Scripture, where God reveals His character and promises.<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/what_is_the_definition_of_actual_grace.htm">How can a young man purify his path?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_job_13_9_conflict_with_god's_omniscience.htm">In Job 13:9, does the idea of deceiving God conflict with the belief in an omniscient deity found elsewhere in Scripture?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_follow_traditions_if_law's_inward.htm">How can Hebrews 8:10 assert an inward law 'written on minds and hearts' when many believers still follow external religious practices and traditions?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_sexual_temptation.htm">What does the Bible say about sexual temptation?</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>(13) <span class= "bld">These things hast thou hid in thine heart.</span>--Job implies that his sense of God's goodness is embittered by the thought that while showing him such kindness, He had in reserve for him the trials and sorrows under which he was then labouring: while showering good upon him, He intended eventually to overwhelm him with affliction. This was the purpose He had hidden in His heart.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And these things hast thou hid in thine heart</span>; rather, <span class="accented">get these things didst thou hide in thine heart</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "Yet all the while, notwithstanding thy protecting care and gracious favour, thou wert hiding in thy heart the intention to bring all these evils upon me; thou couldst not but have known what thou wert about to do, though thou didst conceal thy intention, and allow no sign of it to escape thee." <span class="cmt_word">I know that this is with thee</span>; rather, <span class="accented">I know that this was with thee</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> this intention to destroy my happiness was "with thee" - present to thy thought - even while thou wert loading me with favour. Job's statement cannot be gainsaid; but it involves no real charge against God, who assigns men prosperity or suffering as is best for them at the time. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/10-13.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">Yet You concealed</span><br /><span class="heb">צָפַ֣נְתָּ</span> <span class="translit">(ṣā·p̄an·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6845.htm">Strong's 6845: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hide, to hoard, reserve, to deny, to protect, to lurk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">these [things]</span><br /><span class="heb">וְ֭אֵלֶּה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’êl·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> </span><span class="str2">These, those</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in Your heart,</span><br /><span class="heb">בִלְבָבֶ֑ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(ḇil·ḇā·ḇe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3824.htm">Strong's 3824: </a> </span><span class="str2">Inner man, mind, will, heart</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and I know</span><br /><span class="heb">יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏa‘·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this [was]</span><br /><span class="heb">זֹ֥את</span> <span class="translit">(zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">in Your [mind]:</span><br /><span class="heb">עִמָּֽךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘im·māḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/10-13.htm">Job 10:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/10-13.htm">Job 10:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/10-13.htm">Job 10:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/10-13.htm">Job 10:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/10-13.htm">Job 10:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/10-13.htm">Job 10:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/10-13.htm">Job 10:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/10-13.htm">Job 10:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/10-13.htm">Job 10:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/10-13.htm">Job 10:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/10-13.htm">OT Poetry: Job 10:13 Yet you hid these things in your (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/10-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 10:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 10:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/10-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 10:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 10:14" /></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>