Job 10:13

New English Translation

¹³“But these things^[a] you have concealed in your heart;

I know that this^[b] is with you:^[c]

Job 10:13 sn “These things” refers to the affliction that God had brought on Job. They were concealed by God from the beginning.
Job 10:13 sn The meaning of the line is that this was God’s purpose all along. “These things” and “this” refer to the details that will now be given in the next few verses.
Job 10:13 sn The contradiction between how God had provided for and cared for Job’s life and how he was now dealing with him could only be resolved by Job with the supposition that God had planned this severe treatment from the first as part of his plan.

New English Translation (NET)