King James Version

Job 10:11

Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.

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ע֣וֹרorhideעוֹרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “hide”, the ordinary formH5785skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leatherhide, leather, skin.וּ֭בָשָׂרuvasarand bodyבָּשָׂרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and body”, the ordinary formH1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of amanbody, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.תַּלְבִּישֵׁ֑נִיtalbisheniclotheלָבַשׁverb, hiphil, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “clothe”, an unfinished actionH3847properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively(in) apparel, arm, array (self), clothe (self), come upon, put (on, upon), wear.וּֽבַעֲצָמ֥וֹתuvaatsamotand in bodyעֶצֶםconjunction, preposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “and in body”, the ordinary formH6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsamebody, bone, [idiom] life, (self-) same, strength, [idiom] very.וְ֝גִידִ֗יםvegidimand sinewגִּידconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and sinew”, the ordinary formH1517a thong (as compressing); by analogy, a tendonsinew.תְּסֹכְכֵֽנִיtesokhekhenicoverסָכַךְverb, poel, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “cover”, an unfinished actionH5526properly, to entwine as ascreen; by implication, to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protectcover, defence, defend, hedge in, join together, set, shut up.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews.

Young’s Literal Translation

Skin and flesh Thou dost put on me, And with bones and sinews dost fence me.

World English Bible

You have clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.

Darby Translation

Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews;

Douay-Rheims

Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh: thou hast put me together with bones and sinews:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And thou didst clothe me with skin and flesh, and frame me with bones and sinews.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Δέρμα δὲ καὶ κρέας με ἐνέδυσας, ὀστέοις δὲ καὶ νεύροις με ἔνειρας.