New English Translation
Job 33:11
11He puts my feet in shackles; he watches closely all my paths.’
Job 33:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.
- New International Version (NIV)He fastens my feet in shackles; he keeps close watch on all my paths.’
- English Standard Version (ESV)he puts my feet in the stocks and watches all my paths.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)He puts my feet in the stocks, He watches all my paths.’
Context of Job 33:11
9‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean and have no iniquity. 10Yet God finds occasions with me; he regards me as his enemy! He puts my feet in shackles; he watches closely all my paths.’ 12Now in this, you are not right – I answer you, for God is greater than a human being. 13Why do you contend against him, that he does not answer all a person’s words?
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יָשֵׂ֣ם בַּסַּ֣ד רַגְלָ֑י יִ֝שְׁמֹ֗ר כָּל־אָרְחֹתָֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 33:11
- Job 13:27And you put my feet in the stocks and you watch all my movements; you put marks on the soles of my feet.
- Psalms 105:18The shackles hurt his feet; his neck was placed in an iron collar,
- Jeremiah 20:2When he heard Jeremiah’s prophecy, he had the prophet flogged. Then he put him in the stocks which were at the Upper Gate of Benjamin in the Lord’s temple.
- Acts 16:24Receiving such orders, he threw them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
- Job 31:4Does he not see my ways and count all my steps?
- Daniel 4:35All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he wishes with the army of heaven and with those who inhabit the earth. No one slaps his hand and says to him, ‘What have you done?’
Commentaries on Job 33:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11He putteth my feet in the stocks - See the note on Job 13:27.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11He putteth my feet in the stocks - This also is language which Job had used; see Job 13:27. “He marketh all my paths;” in Job 13:27, “Thou lookest narrowly unto all my paths;” see the notes at that verse.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-13Verses 8-13 Elihu charges Job with reflecting upon the justice and goodness of God. When we hear any thing said to God's dishonour, we ought to bear our testimony against it. Job had represented God as severe in marking what he did amiss. Elihu urges that he had spoken wrong, and that he ought to humble himself before God, and by repentance to unsay it. God is not accountable to us. It is unreasonable for weak, sinful creatures, to strive with a God of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11Job often complained about God's constant surveillance (7:20; 10:14; 13:27). He wanted relief from having every move examined (14:16; 29:2).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. (Job 13:27). marketh--narrowly watches (Job 14:16; 7:12; 31:4).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 33
- 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
- EGW Writings
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