Job 16:11

GOD doth abandon me to him that is perverse, and, into the hands of the lawless, he throweth me headlong.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

10They have gaped upon me with their mouth, With reproach, have they smitten my cheek, Together, against me, have they closed their ranks.

12At ease, was I when he shattered me, Yea he seized me by my neck, and dashed me in pieces, then set me up for himself as a mark:

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Cross References

Job 1:13And there came a certain day,—when his sons and his daughters were eating, and drinking wine, in the house of their eldest brother.

Psalms 7:14Lo! he gendereth trouble, and conceiveth mischief, but giveth birth to a disappointment:

Psalms 31:8And hast not shut me up in the hand of the foe, Thou hast given standing, in a roomy place, unto my feet.

Romans 11:32For God hath shut up all together, in a refusal to yield, in order that, upon all, he may bestow mercy.

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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