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 King James Version (NKJV)His archers surround me. He pierces my heart and does not pity; He pours out my gall on the ground.

Context of Job 16:13

11God has handed me over to the ungodly, and tossed me into the hands of the wicked. 12I was at ease, but He shattered me; He grabbed me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me His target; His archers surround me. Without mercy He pierces my kidneys and spills my gall on the ground. 14He breaks through against me, breach after breach. He runs after me like a warrior. 15“I have sewn sackcloth over my skin and sunk my horn 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 Shaddai are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors line up against me.
• Genesis 49:23The archers were bitter and shot arrows and were hostile towards him.
• Psalms 7:12God is a righteous judge, a God who is indignant every day.
• Job 19:27I myself will see Him with my own eyes, I and not a stranger. My heart grows weak within me.
• Lamentations 3:13He shot into my kidneys arrows from His quiver.
• Job 6:10Then I would still be comforted, even rejoice in spite of unrelenting pain, for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
• Deuteronomy 29:20Adonai will single him out from all the tribes of Israel for ­calamity, according to all the oaths of the covenant written in this scroll of the Torah.
• Ezekiel 5:11“Therefore, as I live, says Adonai Elohim, surely, because you have defiled My Sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will shave you off. My eye will not spare, and I will have no pity.
• Romans 8:32He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how shall He not also with Him freely give us all things?
• 2 Peter 2:5He did not spare the ancient world. He preserved only Noah, a proclaimer of righteousness, along with seven others, when He brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly.
• Job 20:25He pulls and it comes out of his back, the gleaming point out of his liver. Terrors come upon him!
• Lamentations 2:11My eyes are filled with tears. My stomach is in torment. My heart is poured out on the ground over the destruction of the daughter of my people— as young children and infants languish in the city squares.

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