KJV 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.
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Job 16:13
His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.
WEB World English Bible
His archers surround me. He splits my kidneys apart, and does not spare. He pours out my gall on the ground.
ASV American Standard Version
His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Go round against me do his archers. He splitteth my reins, and spareth not, He poureth out to the earth my gall.
Surrounding context — Job 16
10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken [me] by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids [is] the shadow of death;
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
יָ֘סֹ֤בּוּH5437 · sa.vavto turn: turnעָלַ֨י׀H5921 · aluponרַבָּ֗יוH7228 · ravarcherיְפַלַּ֣חH6398 · pa.lachto cleaveכִּ֭לְיוֹתַיH3629 · kil.yahkidneyוְלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotיַחְמ֑וֹלH2550 · cha.malto spareיִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְH8210 · sha.phakhto pour: pourלָ֝אָ֗רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetמְרֵרָֽתִי׃H4845 · me.re.rahgall
Cross-references
Job 20:25It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors [are] upon him.Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty [are] within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.Lamentations 2:11Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.Job 19:27Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; [though] my reins be consumed within me.Psalm 7:12-13If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.Ezekiel 5:11Wherefore, [as] I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish [thee]; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.Genesis 49:23The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot [at him], and hated him:Job 6:10Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.Romans 8:32He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?Lamentations 3:13He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.Deuteronomy 29:20The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.2 Peter 2:5And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth [person], a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
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