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Job 16:11 — Meaning and Application
Understand how this verse speaks to what you're facing—and how to apply it today
King James Version
" God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked. "
Job 16:11
Verse in Context
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He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together
God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
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.
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Job 16:1
"Then Job answered and said,"
Job 16:2
"I have heard many such things: miserable comforters"
Job 16:3
"Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?"
Job 16:4
"I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at"
Job 16:5
"But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage"
Job 16:6
"Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?"
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