New International Version
Job 33:11
11He fastens my feet in shackles; he keeps close watch on 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.
- 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.’
- New Living Translation (NLT)He puts my feet in the stocks and watches my every move.’
Context of Job 33:11
9‘I am pure, I have done no wrong; I am clean and free from sin. 10Yet God has found fault with me; he considers me his enemy. He fastens my feet in shackles; he keeps close watch on all my paths.’ 12“But I tell you, in this you are not right, for God is greater than any mortal. 13Why do you complain to him that he responds to no one’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 13:27You fasten my feet in shackles; you keep close watch on all my paths by putting marks on the soles of my feet.
- Psalms 105:18They bruised his feet with shackles, his neck was put in irons,
- Jeremiah 20:2he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin at the Lord’s temple.
- Acts 16:24When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
- Job 31:4Does he not see my ways and count my every step?
- Daniel 4:35All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say 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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