King James Version
Job 16:13 in the King James Version says “His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the gr...” — study this verse from Job chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked. hath: Heb. hath shut me up
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.
His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“compass me round about”
H5437to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“my reins”
H3629a kidney (as an essential organ); figuratively, the mind (as the interior self)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“he poureth out”
H8210to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e., to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc
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