New English Translation
Job 16:11
11God abandons me to evil men, and throws me into the hands of wicked men.
Job 16:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
- New International Version (NIV)God has turned me over to the ungodly and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.
- English Standard Version (ESV)God gives me up to the ungodly and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
- New King James Version (NKJV)God has delivered me to the ungodly, And turned me over to the hands of the wicked.
Context of Job 16:11
9His anger has torn me and persecuted me; he has gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary locks his eyes on me. 10People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me. God abandons me to evil men, and throws me into the hands of wicked men. 12I was in peace, and he has shattered me. He has seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target; 13his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground.
Read all of Job 16Job 16:11 word by word
יַסְגִּירֵ֣נִי אֵ֭ל אֶ֣ל עֲוִ֑יל וְעַל־יְדֵ֖י רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִרְטֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 16:11
- 1 Samuel 24:18You have explained today how you have treated me well. The Lord delivered me into your hand, but you did not kill me.
- Psalms 31:8You do not deliver me over to the power of the enemy; you enable me to stand in a wide open place.
- Romans 11:32For God has consigned all people to disobedience so that he may show mercy to them all.
- Job 1:13Now the day came when Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
- Job 2:7So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and he afflicted Job with a malignant ulcer from the sole of his feet to the top of his head.
- Psalms 7:14See the one who is pregnant with wickedness, who conceives destructive plans, and gives birth to harmful lies –
- John 19:16Then Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus,
- 2 Corinthians 12:7even because of the extraordinary character of the revelations. Therefore, so that I would not become arrogant, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to trouble me – so that I would not become arrogant.
- Psalms 27:12Do not turn me over to my enemies, for false witnesses who want to destroy me testify against me.
Commentaries on Job 16:11
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11God hath delivered me - Margin “shut me up.” The meaning is, that God had committed him to their hands as a prisoner or captive. They had power over him to do as they pleased. To the ungodly - Into the hands of wicked people - meaning undoubtedly his professed friends. And turned me over - The word used here (from ירט yârat ) means to throw head long, to precipitate, to cast down. Here it means, “he has thrown me headlong into the hands of the wicked.”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
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. the ungodly--namely, his professed friends, who persecuted him with unkind speeches. turned me over--literally, "cast me headlong into the hands of the wicked."Read the comment
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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
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