Job 16 · Verse 11

Job 16:11

God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
Job 16:11, King James Version

Job 16:11 in other translations

BSBGod has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.
WEBGod delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
ASVGod delivereth me to the ungodly, And casteth me into the hands of the wicked.
YLTGod shutteth me up unto the perverse, And to the hands of the wicked turneth me over.
DARBYGod hath delivered me over to the iniquitous man, and hurled me into the hands of the wicked.
BBEGod gives me over to the power of sinners, sending me violently into the hands of evil-doers.
WebsterGod hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

What does Job 16:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. the ungodly--namely, his professed friends, who persecuted him with unkind speeches. turned me over--literally, "cast me headlong into the hands of the wicked."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 16:6-16

Here is a doleful representation of Job's grievances. What reason we have to bless God, that we are not making such complaints! Even good men, when in great troubles, have much ado not to entertain hard thoughts of God. Eliphaz had represented Job as unhumbled under his affliction: No, says Job, I know better things; the dust is now the fittest place for me. In this he reminds us of Christ, who was a man of sorrows…

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Job 16:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יַסְגִּירֵ֣נִיyas.gi.Re.nihe delivers up meH5462
אֵ֭ל'elGodH410
אֶ֣ל'eltoH413
עֲוִ֑יל'a.Vilan unjust oneH5760
וְעַל\־ve.'al-and onH5921
יְדֵ֖יye.Dei[the] hands ofH3027
רְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'Imwicked [people]H7563
יִרְטֵֽנִי\׃yir.Te.nihe casts meH3399

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 16:11

  • Psalms 27:12

    Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

  • Psalms 7:14

    Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

  • Psalms 31:8

    And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

  • Job 2:7

    So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

  • Job 1:13-19

    And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house: And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. …

  • Romans 11:32

    For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

  • 1 Samuel 24:18

    And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the Lord had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not.

  • John 19:16

    Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.

  • 2 Corinthians 12:7

    And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
delivered me. Heb. shut me up.
1Sa 24:18; *marg:
Ps 31:8; Ro 11:32; *marg:
to the ungodly.
1:13-19; 2:7; Ps 7:14; Joh 19:16; 2Co 12:7
turned.
Ps 27:12

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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.

  • Job 16:11

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

  • Job 16:12

    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.

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Job 16:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Hame entregado Dios al mentiroso, y en las manos de los impíos me hizo estremecer
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		✶Dieu m’a livré à l’inique, et m’a jeté entre les mains des méchants.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Gott gab mich preis dem Ungerechten, und in die Hände der Gesetzlosen stürzte er mich.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Aperuerunt super me ora sua, et exprobrantes percusserunt maxillam meam: satiati sunt pœnis meis.