The Pulpit Commentary on Job 10:9

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; rather, that thou hast fashioned me as day; i.e. "Thou hast formed me, as a potter fashions a pot out of clay." This is scarcely a reference to Genesis 3:19, but rather an early use of what became a stock metaphor (comp.

Isaiah 29:16; Isaiah 30:14 :; Isaiah 45:9; Isaiah 64:8; Jeremiah 18:6; Romans 9:21-29, etc.). And wilt thou bring us into dust again? After having fashioned me out of clay into a human form, wilt thou undo thine own work, crumble me into powder, and make me mere dust once more?

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