New Living Translation
Job 13:27
27You put my feet in stocks. You examine all my paths. You trace all my footprints.
Job 13:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
- New International Version (NIV)You fasten my feet in shackles; you keep close watch on all my paths by putting marks on the soles of my feet.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You put my feet in the stocks and watch all my paths; you set a limit for the soles of my feet.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You put my feet in the stocks, And watch closely all my paths. You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
Context of Job 13:27
25Would you terrify a leaf blown by the wind? Would you chase dry straw? 26“You write bitter accusations against me and bring up all the sins of my youth. You put my feet in stocks. You examine all my paths. You trace all my footprints. 28I waste away like rotting wood, like a moth-eaten coat.
Read all of Job 13Job 13:27 word by word
וְתָ֘שֵׂ֤ם בַּסַּ֨ד׀ רַגְלַ֗י וְתִשְׁמ֥וֹר כָּל־אָרְחוֹתָ֑י עַל־שָׁרְשֵׁ֥י רַ֝גְלַ֗י תִּתְחַקֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 13:27
- Job 33:11He puts my feet in the stocks and watches my every move.’
- 2 Chronicles 16:10Asa became so angry with Hanani for saying this that he threw him into prison and put him in stocks. At that time Asa also began to oppress some of his people.
- Proverbs 7:22He followed her at once, like an ox going to the slaughter. He was like a stag caught in a trap,
- Acts 16:24So the jailer put them into the inner dungeon and clamped their feet in the stocks.
- Job 10:6that you must quickly probe for my guilt and search for my sin?
- Job 14:16For then you would guard my steps, instead of watching for my sins.
- Job 16:9God hates me and angrily tears me apart. He snaps his teeth at me and pierces me with his eyes.
- Job 2:7So Satan left the Lord’s presence, and he struck Job with terrible boils from head to foot.
Commentaries on Job 13:27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks - בסד bassad, "in a clog," such as was tied to the feet of slaves, to prevent them from running away. This is still used in the West Indies, among slave-dealers; and is there called the pudding, being a large collar of iron, locked round the ankle of the unfortunate man. Some have had them twenty pounds' weight; and, having been condemned to carry them for several years, when released could not walk without them! A…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks - The word rendered “stocks” (סד sad ), denotes the wooden frame or block in which the feet of a person were confined for punishment. The whole passage here is designed to describe the feet; as so confined in a clog or clogs, as to preclude the power of motion. Stocks or clogs were used often in ancient times as a mode of punishment. Proverbs 7:22. Jeremiah was punished by being confined in the stocks. Jeremiah…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-28Verses 23-28 Job begs to have his sins discovered to him. A true penitent is willing to know the worst of himself; and we should all desire to know what our transgressions are, that we may confess them, and guard against them for the future. Job complains sorrowfully of God's severe dealings with him. Time does not wear out the guilt of sin. When God writes bitter things against us, his design is to make us bring forgotten sins to mind, and so to bring us…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. stocks--in which the prisoner's feet were made fast until the time of execution (Jr 20:2). lookest narrowly--as an overseer would watch a prisoner. print--Either the stocks, or his disease, marked his soles (Hebrew, "roots") as the bastinado would. Better, thou drawest (or diggest) [Gesenius] a line (or trench) [Gesenius] round my soles, beyond which I must not move [Umbreit].Read the comment
Topics related to Job 13:27
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Job 13
- 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
New Living Translation — © 1996, 2004, 2015 Tyndale House Foundation
Commentaries