Job 16 · Verse 13

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.
Job 16:13, King James Version

Job 16:13 in other translations

BSBHis archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.
WEBHis archers surround me. He splits my kidneys apart, and does not spare. He pours out my bile on the ground.
ASVHis archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.
YLTGo round against me do his archers. He splitteth my reins, and spareth not, He poureth out to the earth my gall.
DARBYHis arrows encompass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
BBEHis bowmen come round about me; their arrows go through my body without mercy; my life is drained out on the earth.
WebsterHis archers encompass me; he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

What does Job 16:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. his archers--The image of Job 16:12 is continued. God, in making me His "mark," is accompanied by the three friends, whose words wound like sharp arrows. gall--put for a vital part; so the liver (La 2:11).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 His archers compass me - רביו rabbaiv "his great ones." The Vulgate and Septuagint translate this his spears; the Syriac, Arabic, and Chaldee, his arrows. On this and the following verse Mr. Heath observes: "The metaphor is here taken from huntsmen: first, they surround the beast; then he is shot dead; his entrails are next taken out; and then his body is broken up limb by limb."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · 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 16:13 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.

יָ֘סֹ֤בּוּya.So.buthey surroundH5437
עָלַ֨י\׀'a.Lai<on> meH5921
רַבָּ֗יוra.Bavarchers hisH7228
יְפַלַּ֣חye.fa.Lachhe splits openH6398
כִּ֭לְיוֹתַיKil.yo.taikidneys myH3629
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
יַחְמ֑וֹלyach.Molhe has compassionH2550
יִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְyish.Pokhhe pours outH8210
לָ֝אָ֗רֶץla.'A.retzto the groundH776
מְרֵרָֽתִי\׃me.re.Ra.tigall myH4845

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

Cross references for Job 16:13

  • Job 20:25

    It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

  • Job 6:4

    For 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 2:11

    Mine 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.

  • Romans 8:32

    He 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?

  • Genesis 49:23

    The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

  • Psalms 7:12-13

    If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.

  • Job 19:27

    Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

  • Ezekiel 5:11

    Wherefore, 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.

  • Deuteronomy 29:20

    The 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.

  • Job 6:10

    Then 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.

  • Lamentations 3:13

    He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

  • 2 Peter 2:5

    And 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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
archers.
6:4; Ge 49:23; Ps 7:12,13
he cleaveth.
19:27; La 3:13
doth.
6:10; De 29:20; Eze 5:11; Ro 8:32; 2Pe 2:5
poureth.
20:25; La 2:11

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Context

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Job 16:14

    He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.

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Job 16:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Cercáronme sus flecheros, partió mis riñones, y no perdonó: mi hiel derramó por tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ses archers m’ont environné; il me perce les reins et ne m’épargne pas; il répand mon fiel sur la terre.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Seine Schützen umringten mich, er spaltete meine Nieren ohne Schonung; er schüttete meine Galle zur Erde.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ego ille quondam opulentus, repente contritus sum: tenuit cervicem meam, confregit me, et posuit me sibi quasi in signum.