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 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 has delivered me to the ungodly, And turned me over to the hands of the wicked. 12I was at ease, but He has shattered me; He also has taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces; He has set me up for His target, His archers surround me. He pierces my heart and does not pity; He pours out my gall on the ground. 14He breaks me with wound upon wound; He runs at me like a warrior. 15“I have sewn sackcloth over my skin, And laid my head 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 within me; My spirit drinks in their poison; The terrors of God are arrayed against me.
• Genesis 49:23The archers have bitterly grieved him, Shot at him and hated him.
• Psalms 7:12If he does not turn back, He will sharpen His sword; He bends His bow and makes it ready.
• Job 19:27Whom I shall see for myself, And my eyes shall behold, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!
• Lamentations 3:13He has caused the arrows of His quiver To pierce my loins.
• Job 6:10Then I would still have comfort; Though in anguish I would exult, He will not spare; For I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
• Deuteronomy 29:20“The Lord would not spare him; for then the anger of the Lord and His jealousy would burn against that man, and every curse that is written in this book would settle on him, and the Lord would blot out his name from under heaven.
• Ezekiel 5:11‘Therefore, as I live,’ says the Lord God, ‘surely, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will also diminish you; My eye will not spare, nor will I have any pity.
• Romans 8:32He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
• 2 Peter 2:5and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly;
• Job 20:25It is drawn, and comes out of the body; Yes, the glittering point comes out of his gall. Terrors come upon him;
• Lamentations 2:11My eyes fail with tears, My heart is troubled; My bile is poured on the ground Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, Because the children and the infants 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