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He has tossed me into the hands of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/16.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />God gives me up to the ungodly and casts me into the hands of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/16.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/16.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />God has delivered me to the ungodly, And turned me over to the hands of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“God hands me over to criminals, And tosses me into the hands of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/16.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220God hands me over to ruffians And tosses me into the hands of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“God hands me over to ruffians, And tosses me into the hands of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />God hands me over to ruffians And tosses me into the hands of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“God hands me over to criminals And tosses me [headlong] into the hands of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />God hands me over to the unjust; he throws me to the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />God hands me over to unjust men; He throws me into the hands of the wicked. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/16.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />God delivereth me to the ungodly, And casteth me into the hands of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />And God is the one who handed me over to this merciless mob. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/16.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />God delivereth me to the ungodly, and casteth me into the hands of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />God handed me over to unjust people and threw me into the hands of wicked people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />God has handed me over to evil people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/16.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />God has delivered me over to the ungodly, throwing me into the control of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/16.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />God abandons me to evil men, and throws me into the hands of wicked men. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />God delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/16.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />God delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />God shuts me up to the perverse, "" And turns me over to the hands of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> God shutteth me up unto the perverse, And to the hands of the wicked turneth me over.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />God will shut me up to the evil one, and he will cast me into the hands of the unjust.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />God hath shut me up with the unjust man, and hath delivered me into the hands of the wicked. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 16:12>God has confined me with the immoral, and he has delivered me into the hands of the impious.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />God has given me over to the impious; into the hands of the wicked he has cast me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />God gives me up to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />God has delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />He handed me over to the Evil Angel, and he handed me over to the hand of the Wicked One<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />God delivereth me to the ungodly, And casteth me into the hands of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For the Lord has delivered me into the hands of unrighteous men, and thrown me upon the ungodly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/16-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=2528" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/16.htm">Job Decries his Comforters</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">10</span>They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me. <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/410.htm" title="410: ’êl (N-ms) -- God, in pl. gods. Shortened from 'ayil; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty.">God</a> <a href="/hebrew/5462.htm" title="5462: yas·gî·rê·nî (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms:: 1cs) -- To shut, close. A primitive root; to shut up; figuratively, to surrender.">has delivered me</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/5759.htm" title="5759: ‘ă·wîl (N-ms) -- A young boy. From uwl; a babe.">unjust men;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3399.htm" title="3399: yir·ṭê·nî (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms:: 1cs) -- To be precipitate, to precipitate. A primitive root; to precipitate or hurl headlong; to be rash.">He has thrown me</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: wə·‘al- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yə·ḏê (N-fdc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">the clutches</a> <a href="/hebrew/7563.htm" title="7563: rə·šā·‘îm (Adj-mp) -- Wicked, criminal. From rasha'; morally wrong; concretely, an bad person.">of the wicked.</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/71-11.htm">Psalm 71:11</a></span><br />saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-10.htm">Isaiah 53:10</a></span><br />Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-12.htm">Lamentations 3:12-13</a></span><br />He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow. / He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/12-7.htm">Jeremiah 12:7</a></span><br />I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the beloved of My soul into the hands of her enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/22-1.htm">Psalm 22:1</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-10.htm">Isaiah 63:10</a></span><br />But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/31-11.htm">Psalm 31:11</a></span><br />Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends—they flee when they see me on the street.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/88-8.htm">Psalm 88:8</a></span><br />You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/41-9.htm">Psalm 41:9</a></span><br />Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/27-46.htm">Matthew 27:46</a></span><br />About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/15-34.htm">Mark 15:34</a></span><br />At the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/16-32.htm">John 16:32</a></span><br />“Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-32.htm">Romans 8:32</a></span><br />He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-21.htm">2 Corinthians 5:21</a></span><br />God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-24.htm">1 Peter 2:24</a></span><br />He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">God has delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.</p><p class="hdg">delivered me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/24-18.htm">1 Samuel 24:18</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/31-8.htm">Psalm 31:8</a></b></br> And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/11-32.htm">Romans 11:32</a></b></br> For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.</p><p class="hdg">to the ungodly</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/1-13.htm">Job 1:13-19</a></b></br> And there was a day when his sons and his daughters <i>were</i> eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/2-7.htm">Job 2:7</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/7-14.htm">Psalm 7:14</a></b></br> Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.</p><p class="hdg">turned</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/27-12.htm">Psalm 27:12</a></b></br> Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/15-33.htm">Casteth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-15.htm">Casts</a> <a href="/job/6-23.htm">Clutches</a> <a href="/job/8-4.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/job/10-7.htm">Delivereth</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-39.htm">Delivers</a> <a href="/job/15-35.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/job/15-34.htm">Evil-Doers</a> <a href="/job/15-34.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/job/14-15.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-11.htm">Hurled</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-1.htm">Iniquitous</a> <a href="/job/9-20.htm">Perverse</a> <a href="/job/12-21.htm">Power</a> <a href="/job/12-23.htm">Sending</a> <a href="/job/12-14.htm">Shutteth</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-7.htm">Sinners</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-5.htm">Thrown</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-21.htm">Tosses</a> <a href="/job/14-6.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/job/15-30.htm">Turneth</a> <a href="/job/15-34.htm">Ungodly</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-19.htm">Violently</a> <a href="/job/15-20.htm">Wicked</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/21-10.htm">Casteth</a> <a href="/job/20-15.htm">Casts</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-9.htm">Clutches</a> <a href="/job/21-30.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/job/20-20.htm">Delivereth</a> <a href="/job/22-30.htm">Delivers</a> <a href="/job/18-21.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/job/17-8.htm">Evil-Doers</a> <a href="/job/18-5.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/job/16-12.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/psalms/37-24.htm">Hurled</a> <a href="/psalms/59-5.htm">Iniquitous</a> <a href="/job/18-21.htm">Perverse</a> <a href="/job/21-7.htm">Power</a> <a href="/job/22-4.htm">Sending</a> <a href="/job/38-8.htm">Shutteth</a> <a href="/job/24-19.htm">Sinners</a> <a href="/job/18-8.htm">Thrown</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-22.htm">Tosses</a> <a href="/job/19-18.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/job/19-9.htm">Turneth</a> <a href="/job/17-8.htm">Ungodly</a> <a href="/job/20-19.htm">Violently</a> <a href="/job/18-5.htm">Wicked</a><div class="vheading2">Job 16</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/16-1.htm">Job reproves his friends for unmercifulness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/16-17.htm">He maintains his innocence</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of the Book of Job, Job feels that God has handed him over to those who do not uphold justice. This sentiment echoes the experiences of other biblical figures who felt forsaken, such as Joseph, who was sold into slavery by his brothers (<a href="/genesis/37-28.htm">Genesis 37:28</a>), and David, who was pursued by King Saul (<a href="/1_samuel/24-11.htm">1 Samuel 24:11</a>). Theologically, this phrase can be seen as a foreshadowing of Christ's own experience, as He was delivered to the hands of unjust men during His trial and crucifixion (<a href="/matthew/26-45.htm">Matthew 26:45-50</a>). The term "unjust men" highlights the moral corruption and lack of righteousness in those who now have power over Job, contrasting with the justice and righteousness of God.<p><b>He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.</b><br>Here, Job describes his situation as being cast into the grasp of those who are morally corrupt and evil. The imagery of being "thrown" suggests a forceful and deliberate action, emphasizing Job's feeling of being completely at the mercy of malevolent forces. This can be compared to the experiences of the Israelites, who often found themselves oppressed by wicked nations (<a href="/judges/2-14.htm">Judges 2:14</a>). The "clutches of the wicked" can also be seen as a type of spiritual warfare, where the righteous are besieged by evil, a theme that is prevalent throughout Scripture (<a href="/ephesians/6-12.htm">Ephesians 6:12</a>). In a prophetic sense, this phrase can be related to the suffering of Christ, who was surrounded by wickedness and yet overcame it through His resurrection, offering hope to believers who face similar trials.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, experiencing intense suffering and questioning the reasons behind it.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Creator who allows Job's trials. Job perceives God as having delivered him into the hands of the wicked, reflecting his struggle to understand his suffering.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/u/unjust_men/wicked.htm">Unjust Men/Wicked</a></b><br>These refer to those who are morally corrupt and act in opposition to God's righteousness. In Job's context, they symbolize the forces of evil and injustice that seem to prevail in his life.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_friends.htm">Job's Friends</a></b><br>Although not directly mentioned in this verse, they play a significant role in the account, often misinterpreting Job's suffering as a result of his sin.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_heavenly_court.htm">The Heavenly Court</a></b><br>Earlier in the book, this is where God permits Satan to test Job, setting the stage for the events that unfold.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_suffering.htm">Understanding Suffering</a></b><br>Job's lament highlights the struggle to comprehend why the righteous suffer. It challenges believers to trust in God's sovereignty even when His ways are inscrutable.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/perseverance_in_faith.htm">Perseverance in Faith</a></b><br>Despite feeling abandoned, Job continues to engage with God. This teaches the importance of maintaining faith and dialogue with God during trials.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_spiritual_warfare.htm">The Reality of Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>Job's experience reminds us of the unseen spiritual battles that can manifest in physical and emotional suffering.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/empathy_and_support.htm">Empathy and Support</a></b><br>Job's friends fail to provide true comfort. This underscores the need for empathy and wise counsel when supporting those in distress.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_ultimate_justice.htm">God's Ultimate Justice</a></b><br>While Job feels delivered to the wicked, the broader biblical account assures us of God's ultimate justice and vindication for the righteous.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 16</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_job_16_11_suggest_god_delivers_innocents.htm">In Job 16:11, why would a just God “deliver” the innocent to the ungodly, contradicting passages that promise divine protection? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_allow_injustice_to_persist.htm">In Psalm 94:9, it says God hears and sees all; why then do injustices appear to persist unchecked in our world?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_god_silent_if_job's_pleas_lack_merit.htm">In light of Job 35:16, why would a merciful God remain silent if Job's pleas are without merit, given other scriptures showing God responding to human need?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_bible's_stance_on_slander.htm">What is the Bible's stance on slander?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) <span class= "bld">The ungodly </span>and <span class= "bld">the wicked </span>are the terms he retorts upon his friends, and they have certainly earned them. Now follows--<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">God hath delivered me to the ungodly</span>. All that Job had suffered at the hands of wicked men, the gibes of his "comforters," the insults and "derision ' of "base men" (<a href="/job/30-1.htm">Job 30:1, 8-10</a>), the desertion of many who might have been expected to have come to his aid, being by God's per-minion, is attributed by Job to God himself, who has "delivered" him up to these "ungodly" ones, and permits them to add to and intensify his sufferings. He was not so ruthlessly treated as his great Anti-type; he was not bound with thongs, or crowned with thorns, or smitten with a reed, or scourged, or crucified - even the smiting on the cheek, spoken of in ver. 10, was probably metaphorical; but he suffered, no doubt, grievously, through the scorn and contumely that assailed him, through his friends' unkindness, and his enimies' insolent triumph, and the rude jeers of the "<span class="accented">abjeets</span>" who made him their "song" and their "byword" (<a href="/job/30-9.htm">Job 30:9</a>). <span class="cmt_word">And turned me over into the hands of the wicked</span>. Job speaks as if God had wholly given him up, made him over to the wicked, to deal with him exactly as they chose. This, of course, was not so. If the malevolence of Satan was limited by the Divine will (<a href="/job/1-12.htm">Job 1:12</a>; <a href="/job/2-6.htm">Job 2:6</a>); so, much more, would the malevolence of man be limited. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/16-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֭ל</span> <span class="translit">(’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_410.htm">Strong's 410: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has delivered me</span><br /><span class="heb">יַסְגִּירֵ֣נִי</span> <span class="translit">(yas·gî·rê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5462.htm">Strong's 5462: </a> </span><span class="str2">To shut up, to surrender</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶ֣ל</span> <span class="translit">(’el)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">unjust men;</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲוִ֑יל</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·wîl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5760.htm">Strong's 5760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Unjust one</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He has thrown me</span><br /><span class="heb">יִרְטֵֽנִי׃</span> <span class="translit">(yir·ṭê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3399.htm">Strong's 3399: </a> </span><span class="str2">To precipitate, hurl, headlong, to be rash</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעַל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the clutches</span><br /><span class="heb">יְדֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ḏê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - fdc<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the wicked.</span><br /><span class="heb">רְשָׁעִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(rə·šā·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7563.htm">Strong's 7563: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wrong, an, bad person</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/16-11.htm">Job 16:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/16-11.htm">Job 16:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/16-11.htm">Job 16:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/16-11.htm">Job 16:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/16-11.htm">Job 16:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/16-11.htm">Job 16:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/16-11.htm">Job 16:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/16-11.htm">Job 16:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/16-11.htm">Job 16:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/16-11.htm">Job 16:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/16-11.htm">OT Poetry: Job 16:11 God delivers me to the ungodly (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/16-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 16:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 16:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/16-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 16:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 16:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>