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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)and now his archers surround me. His arrows pierce me without mercy. The ground is wet with my blood.

Context of Job 16:13

11God gives me up to the ungodly and casts me into the hands of the wicked. 12I was at ease, and he broke me apart; he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces; he set me up as his target; his archers surround me. He slashes open my kidneys and does not spare; he pours out my gall on the ground. 14He breaks me with breach upon breach; he runs upon me like a warrior. 15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin and have laid my strength in the dust.

Job 16:13 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• His archersרַבrab · archerH7228
• compass me round aboutסָבַבsâbab · to turn: surroundH5437
• he cleavethפָּלַחpâlach · to cleaveH6398
• my reinsכִּלְיָהkilyâh · kidneyH3629
• and doth not spareחָמַלchâmal · to spareH2550
• he poureth outשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: pourH8210
• my gallמְרֵרָהmerêrâh · gallH4845
• upon the groundאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776

Cross-references for Job 16:13

• Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
• Genesis 49:23The archers bitterly attacked him, shot at him, and harassed him severely,
• Psalms 7:12If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and readied his bow;
• Job 19:27whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!
• Lamentations 3:13He drove into my kidneys the arrows of his quiver;
• Job 6:10This would be my comfort; I would even exult in pain unsparing, for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
• Deuteronomy 29:20The Lord will not be willing to forgive him, but rather the anger of the Lord and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and the curses written in this book will settle upon him, and the Lord will blot out his name from under heaven.
• Ezekiel 5:11Therefore, as I live, declares the Lord God, surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will withdraw. My eye will not spare, and I will have no pity.
• Romans 8:32He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
• 2 Peter 2:5if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;
• Job 20:25It is drawn forth and comes out of his body; the glittering point comes out of his gallbladder; terrors come upon him.
• Lamentations 2:11My eyes are spent with weeping; my stomach churns; my bile is poured out to the ground because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, because infants and babies faint 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