Job 16:13

Job 16:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
• New International Version (NIV)his archers surround me. Without pity, he pierces my kidneys and spills my gall on the ground.
• English Standard Version (ESV)his archers surround me. He slashes open my kidneys and does not spare; he pours out my gall on the ground.
• New King James Version (NKJV)His archers surround me. He pierces my heart and does not pity; He pours out my gall on the ground.

Context of Job 16:13

11God delivereth me to the ungodly, And casteth me into the hands of the wicked. 12I was at ease, and he brake me asunder; Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces: He hath also set me up for his mark. His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground. 14He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant. 15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust.

Job 16:13 word by word

יָ֘סֹ֤בּוּ עָלַ֨י׀ רַבָּ֗יו יְפַלַּ֣ח כִּ֭לְיוֹתַי וְלֹ֣א יַחְמ֑וֹל יִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְ לָ֝אָ֗רֶץ מְרֵרָֽתִי׃Read the interlinear

• roundסָבַבsâbab · to turn: turnH5437
• spareחָמַלchâmal · to spareH2550
• groundאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776

Cross-references for Job 16:13

• Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
• Genesis 49:23The archers have sorely grieved him, And shot at him, and persecuted him:
• Psalms 7:12If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready;
• Job 19:27Whom I, even I, shall see, on my side, And mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.
• Lamentations 3:13He hath caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins.
• Job 6:10And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
• Deuteronomy 29:20Jehovah will not pardon him, but then the anger of Jehovah and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie upon him, and Jehovah will blot out his name from under heaven.
• Ezekiel 5:11Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, and I also will have no pity.
• Romans 8:32He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?
• 2 Peter 2:5and spared not the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;
• Job 20:25He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him.
• Lamentations 2:11Mine eyes do fail with tears, my heart is troubled; My liver is poured upon the earth, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, Because the young children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.

Commentaries on Job 16:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13His archers compass me - רביו rabbaiv "his great ones." The Vulgate and Septuagint translate this his spears; the Syriac, Arabic, and Chaldee, his arrows. On this and the following verse Mr. Heath observes: "The metaphor is here taken from huntsmen: first, they surround the beast; then he is shot dead; his entrails are next taken out; and then his body is broken up limb by limb."Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13His archers - He does not come alone to shoot at me; he has employed a company of bowmen, who also direct “their” arrows against me. The word used here רב rab means properly “much, large,” great; and is applied to that which is powerful or mighty. It is nowhere else used in the sense of “archers,” and might be rendered “his many;” that is, his bands, hosts, or armies. But as all the ancient versions render it “arrows,” or “archers,” probably that sense is…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-16Verses 6-16 Here is a doleful representation of Job's grievances. What reason we have to bless God, that we are not making such complaints! Even good men, when in great troubles, have much ado not to entertain hard thoughts of God. Eliphaz had represented Job as unhumbled under his affliction: No, says Job, I know better things; the dust is now the fittest place for me. In this he reminds us of Christ, who was a man of sorrows, and pronounced those…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13my gall: This describes injuries to important organs.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. his archers--The image of Job 16:12 is continued. God, in making me His "mark," is accompanied by the three friends, whose words wound like sharp arrows. gall--put for a vital part; so the liver (La 2:11).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 16:13

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Bow
• Gall

In the dictionaries

• Comforter
• Foul
• Gall
• Plead
• Scorn
• Asunder
• Bildad
• Kidneys
• archer

Commentaries on Job 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary