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and <i>there is</i> none that can deliver out of thine hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Although You know that I am not wicked, And <i>there is</i> no one who can deliver from Your hand?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />‘According to Your knowledge I am indeed not guilty, Yet there is no one to save <i>me</i> from Your hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216According to Your knowledge I am indeed not guilty, Yet there is no deliverance from Your hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘According to Thy knowledge I am indeed not guilty; Yet there is no deliverance from Thy hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />According to Your knowledge I am indeed not wicked, Yet there is no deliverer from Your hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />‘Although You know that I am not guilty <i>or</i> wicked, Yet there is no one who can rescue me from Your hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />even though you know that I am not wicked and that there is no one who can rescue from your power?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />even though You know that I am not wicked and that there is no one who can deliver from Your hand? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Although thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You know I am innocent, but who can defend me against you? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Although thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You know I'm not guilty, but there is no one to rescue me from your hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You know that I am not guilty, that no one can save me from you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Although you know that I'm not guilty, there's no one to deliver me from you! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />though You know that I am not guilty, and there is no deliverance from Your hand?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />although you know that I am not guilty, and that there is no one who can deliver out of your hand? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Although you know that I am not wicked, there is no one who can deliver out of your hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thy hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Although you know that I am not wicked, there is no one who can deliver out of your hand. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For You know that I am not wicked, "" And there is no deliverer from Your hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For Thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is no deliverer from Thy hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Upon thy knowledge that I will not do evil; and none delivering from thy hand.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And shouldst know that I have done no wicked thing, whereas there is no man that can deliver out of thy hand. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And you know that I have done nothing impious, yet there is no one who can deliver from your hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Even though you know that I am not wicked, and that none can deliver me out of your hand? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />although you know that I am not guilty, and there is no one to deliver out of your hand?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thou knowest that I am innocent; and there is none that can deliver himself out of thy hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you know that I am innocent, and there is none who is delivered from your hands<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Although Thou knowest that I shall not be condemned; And there is none that can deliver out of Thy hand?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For thou knowest that I have not committed iniquity: but who is he that can deliver out of thy hands?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/10-7.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=1532" 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">6</span>that You should seek my iniquity and search out my sin— <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">though</a> <a href="/hebrew/1847.htm" title="1847: da‘·tə·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Knowledge. From yada'; knowledge.">You know</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">I am not</a> <a href="/hebrew/7561.htm" title="7561: ’er·šā‘ (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To be wicked, act wickedly. A primitive root; to be wrong; by implication, to disturb, violate.">guilty,</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: wə·’ên (Conj-w:: Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">and there is no</a> <a href="/hebrew/5337.htm" title="5337: maṣ·ṣîl (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms) -- To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver. ">deliverance</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: mî·yā·ḏə·ḵā (Prep-m:: N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">from Your hand?</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me?…<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/139-1.htm">Psalm 139:1-4</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me. / You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar. / You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/12-3.htm">Jeremiah 12:3</a></span><br />But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/3-20.htm">1 John 3:20</a></span><br />Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-13.htm">Hebrews 4:13</a></span><br />Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/44-21.htm">Psalm 44:21</a></span><br />would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/15-3.htm">Proverbs 15:3</a></span><br />The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/16-7.htm">1 Samuel 16:7</a></span><br />But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/2-24.htm">John 2:24-25</a></span><br />But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew them all. / He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/17-3.htm">Psalm 17:3</a></span><br />You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/139-23.htm">Psalm 139:23-24</a></span><br />Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns. / See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-4.htm">1 Corinthians 4:4-5</a></span><br />My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me. / Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-27.htm">Romans 8:27</a></span><br />And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/17-10.htm">Jeremiah 17:10</a></span><br />I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-23.htm">Revelation 2:23</a></span><br />Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/7-9.htm">Psalm 7:9</a></span><br />Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You know that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of your hand.</p><p class="hdg">Thou knowest.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/23-10.htm">Job 23:10</a></b></br> But he knoweth the way that I take: <i>when</i> he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/31-6.htm">Job 31:6,14,35</a></b></br> Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/42-7.htm">Job 42:7</a></b></br> And it was <i>so</i>, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me <i>the thing that is</i> right, as my servant Job <i>hath</i>.</p><p class="hdg">and there</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/23-13.htm">Job 23:13,14</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="/psalms/50-22.htm">Psalm 50:22</a></b></br> Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear <i>you</i> in pieces, and <i>there be</i> none to deliver.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/9-15.htm">Able</a> <a href="/job/9-21.htm">Although</a> <a href="/job/9-29.htm">Condemned</a> <a href="/job/6-23.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/job/6-13.htm">Deliverance</a> <a href="/job/5-4.htm">Deliverer</a> <a href="/job/5-19.htm">Delivereth</a> <a href="/job/9-24.htm">Evil-Doer</a> <a href="/job/9-29.htm">Guilty</a> <a href="/job/9-33.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/job/10-3.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/job/10-3.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/job/6-23.htm">Rescue</a> <a href="/job/10-3.htm">Wicked</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/11-7.htm">Able</a> <a href="/job/16-17.htm">Although</a> <a href="/job/32-3.htm">Condemned</a> <a href="/job/19-20.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/job/13-16.htm">Deliverance</a> <a href="/psalms/7-2.htm">Deliverer</a> <a href="/job/16-11.htm">Delivereth</a> <a href="/job/10-15.htm">Evil-Doer</a> <a href="/job/10-15.htm">Guilty</a> <a href="/job/11-13.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/job/10-8.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/job/11-15.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/psalms/6-4.htm">Rescue</a> <a href="/job/10-15.htm">Wicked</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>though You know that I am not guilty</b><br>In this phrase, Job asserts his innocence before God. This reflects the central theme of the Book of Job, where Job maintains his righteousness despite his suffering. In the cultural context of the Ancient Near East, suffering was often seen as a direct result of personal sin. Job's claim challenges this notion, suggesting that suffering can occur even to the innocent. This anticipates the New Testament revelation of Jesus Christ, who was sinless yet suffered (<a href="/1_peter/2-22.htm">1 Peter 2:22-24</a>). Job's assertion also echoes the Psalms, where the psalmists often plead their innocence before God (<a href="/psalms/26.htm">Psalm 26:1</a>).<p><b>and there is no deliverance from Your hand?</b><br>Here, Job acknowledges God's sovereignty and the futility of seeking deliverance apart from Him. This reflects the biblical theme of God's ultimate control over human affairs, as seen throughout Scripture (<a href="/isaiah/45-7.htm">Isaiah 45:7</a>). The phrase underscores the belief that only God can provide true deliverance, a theme that is fulfilled in the New Testament through Jesus Christ, who offers salvation and deliverance from sin (<a href="/john/14-6.htm">John 14:6</a>). Job's lament also parallels the cries of other biblical figures who felt abandoned or trapped, such as David in <a href="/psalms/22.htm">Psalm 22</a>, which is later quoted by Jesus on the cross (<a href="/matthew/27-46.htm">Matthew 27:46</a>), highlighting the depth of human suffering and the hope of divine intervention.<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 justice.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The omnipotent Creator, whom Job addresses directly in his lament. Job acknowledges God's knowledge of his innocence but struggles with the lack of deliverance.<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 undeserved suffering. He is in a dialogue with God, expressing his confusion and distress.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_omniscience.htm">God's Omniscience</a></b><br>God knows our hearts and circumstances intimately. We can take comfort in His perfect knowledge, even when we feel misunderstood by others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_mystery_of_suffering.htm">The Mystery of Suffering</a></b><br>Suffering is not always a direct result of personal sin. Like Job, we may face trials that are not a consequence of wrongdoing, challenging us to trust in God's greater plan.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_amidst_trials.htm">Faith Amidst Trials</a></b><br>Job's lament shows that it is permissible to bring our honest questions and emotions before God. Faith does not preclude questioning but involves trusting God despite unanswered questions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_justice_and_deliverance.htm">Divine Justice and Deliverance</a></b><br>While Job feels there is no deliverance, believers are reminded of the ultimate deliverance through Christ. Our hope is not just in temporal relief but in eternal salvation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/perseverance_in_faith.htm">Perseverance in Faith</a></b><br>Job's account encourages perseverance. Even when we do not see immediate deliverance, we are called to remain steadfast in our faith.<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/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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_you_question_your_salvation.htm">Do you question your salvation?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_job's_words_contain_any_sin.htm">Did Job's words contain any sin?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_job_16_11_suggest_god_delivers_innocents.htm">In Job 16:11, why would a just God 'deliver' the innocent to the ungodly, contradicting passages that promise divine protection?</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>(7) <span class= "bld">That I am not wicked.</span>--The meaning is rather, <span class= "ital">that I shall not be found guilty. </span>It is not like the appeal of Peter (<a href="/john/21-17.htm" title="He said to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, love you me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Love you me? And he said to him, Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you. Jesus said to him, Feed my sheep.">John 21:17</a>). See the language borrowed by the Psalmist (<a href="/psalms/119-73.htm" title="Your hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.">Psalm 119:73</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thou knowest that I am not wicked</span>; rather, <span class="accented">although thou knowest</span> (<span class="accented">see</span> the Revised Version). Conscious of his own integrity and faithfulness, Job feels that God too must know them; wherefore it seems to him all the harder that he should be made to suffer as if he were a "chief sinner." <span class="cmt_word">And there is none that can deliver out of thine hand</span>. <p><span class="accented">"'Tis excellent to have a giant's strength;<br />But tyrannous to use it like a giant."</span> Job's last ground of appeal is, that he is wholly at God s mercy, can look for no other deliverer, no other support or stay. Will not God, then, have pity, and "spare him a little, that he may recover his strength before he goes hence, and is no more seen "? (see Psalm 39:15; and comp. below, ver. 20). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/10-7.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">though</span><br /><span class="heb">עַֽל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You know</span><br /><span class="heb">דַּ֭עְתְּךָ</span> <span class="translit">(da‘·tə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1847.htm">Strong's 1847: </a> </span><span class="str2">Knowledge</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">I am not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</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">guilty,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶרְשָׁ֑ע</span> <span class="translit">(’er·šā‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7561.htm">Strong's 7561: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be, wrong, to disturb, violate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and there is no</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֵ֖ין</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">deliverance</span><br /><span class="heb">מַצִּֽיל׃</span> <span class="translit">(maṣ·ṣîl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5337.htm">Strong's 5337: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from Your hand?</span><br /><span class="heb">מִיָּדְךָ֣</span> <span class="translit">(mî·yā·ḏə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/10-7.htm">Job 10:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/10-7.htm">Job 10:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/10-7.htm">Job 10:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/10-7.htm">Job 10:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/10-7.htm">Job 10:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/10-7.htm">Job 10:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/10-7.htm">Job 10:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/10-7.htm">Job 10:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/10-7.htm">Job 10:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/10-7.htm">Job 10:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/10-7.htm">OT Poetry: Job 10:7 Although you know that I am not (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/10-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 10:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 10:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/10-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 10:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 10:8" /></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>