New Living Translation
Job 33:11
11He puts my feet in the stocks and watches my every move.’
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
9You said, ‘I am pure; I am without sin; I am innocent; I have no guilt. 10God is picking a quarrel with me, and he considers me his enemy. He puts my feet in the stocks and watches my every move.’ 12“But you are wrong, and I will show you why. For God is greater than any human being. 13So why are you bringing a charge against him? Why say he does not respond to people’s complaints?
Read all of Job 33Job 33:11 word by word
יָשֵׂ֣ם בַּסַּ֣ד רַגְלָ֑י יִ֝שְׁמֹ֗ר כָּל־אָרְחֹתָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 33:11
- Job 13:27You put my feet in stocks. You examine all my paths. You trace all my footprints.
- Psalms 105:18They bruised his feet with fetters and placed his neck in an iron collar.
- Jeremiah 20:2So he arrested Jeremiah the prophet and had him whipped and put in stocks at the Benjamin Gate of the Lord’s Temple.
- Acts 16:24So the jailer put them into the inner dungeon and clamped their feet in the stocks.
- Job 31:4Doesn’t he see everything I do and every step I take?
- Daniel 4:35All the people of the earth are nothing compared to him. He does as he pleases among the angels of heaven and among the people of the earth. No one can stop him or say to him, ‘What do you mean by doing these things?’
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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