Job 16:13

His bowmen come round about me; their arrows go through my body without mercy; my life is drained out on the earth.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

In Context

12I was in comfort, but I have been broken up by his hands; he has taken me by the neck, shaking me to bits; he has put me up as a mark for his arrows.

14I am broken with wound after wound; he comes rushing on me like a man of war.

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Cross References

Genesis 49:23He was troubled by the archers; they sent out their arrows against him, cruelly wounding him:

Job 6:4For the arrows of the Ruler of all are present with me, and their poison goes deep into my spirit: his army of fears is put in order against me.

Job 19:27Whom I will see on my side, and not as one strange to me. My heart is broken with desire.

Psalms 7:12\7:11\God is the judge of the upright, and is angry with the evil-doers every day.

Lamentations 3:13He has let loose his arrows into the inmost parts of my body.

Romans 8:32He who did not keep back his only Son, but gave him up for us all, will he not with him freely give us all things?

Matthew Henry on Job 16:7-17

Grievances of Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 6 Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased? 7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company. 8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face. 9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me. 10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the… Read the whole commentary →

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