Job 16:13

And he hath (en)compassed me with his spears, he hath wounded altogether my loins; he hath not spared me, and he hath shed out mine entrails into the earth. (And he hath surrounded me with his spears, he hath deeply wounded my loins; he hath not spared me, and he hath poured out my bowels upon the ground.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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, that rich man and famous sometime, am all-broken suddenly; he held my noll; he hath broken me, and hath set me as into a sign. (I, that rich and sometimes famous man, am suddenly all-broken; he held me by the neck; he hath altogether broken me, and hath set me up like a target.)

14He hath beaten me with wound upon wound; and he as a giant hath fallen in upon me (or and he hath fallen in on me like a giant).

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Cross References

Genesis 49:23but his brethren wrathed (at) him, and chided him, and they had darts, and had envy to him, (or and they had arrows, and they envied him).

Job 6:4For (now) the arrows of the Lord be in me, the indignation of which drinketh up my spirit; and the dreads of the Lord fight against me (or and the terrors from the Lord fight against me).

Job 19:27Whom I myself shall see, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another man. This mine hope is kept in my bosom, that is, in mine heart, (or This hope of mine is kept in my bosom, that is, in my heart).

Psalms 7:12If ye be not converted (or If they be not turned from their evil ways), he shall flourish his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

Lamentations 3:13He sent in (to) my reins the daughters of his arrow case.

Romans 8:32Which also spared not his own Son, but betook him for us all (or but delivered him for us all), how also gave he not to us all things with him?

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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