Job 16:11

For the Lord has delivered me into the hands of unrighteous men, 1 And thrown me upon the ungodly. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

In Context

10He has attacked me with the keen glances of his eyes; 1 With his sharp spear he has smitten me down upon my knees; 1 And they have run upon me with one accord. 1

12When I was at peace he distracted me: 1 He took me by the hair of the head, and plucked it out: 1 He set me up as a mark. 1

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Cross References

Job 1:13And it came to pass on a certain day, 1 That Job’s sons and his daughters 1 Were drinking wine in the house of their elder brother. 1

Psalms 7:14And on it he has fitted the instruments of death; 1 He has completed his arrows for the raging ones. 1

Psalms 31:8I will instruct thee and guide thee in this way wherein thou shalt go: 1 I will fix mine eyes upon thee. 1

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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