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You examine all my paths. You trace all my footprints.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />You put my feet in the stocks and watch all my paths; you set a limit for the soles of my feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You put my feet in the stocks, And watch closely all my paths. You set a limit for the soles of my feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“You put my feet in the stocks And watch all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220You put my feet in the stocks And watch all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Thou dost put my feet in the stocks, And dost watch all my paths; Thou dost set a limit for the soles of my feet,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You put my feet in the stocks And kept watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“You also put my feet in the stocks [as punishment] And [critically] observe all my paths; You set a circle <i>and</i> limit around the soles of my feet [which I must not overstep],<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths, setting a limit for the soles of my feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths, setting a limit for the soles of my feet. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest all my paths; Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You have tied my feet down and keep me surrounded; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and markest all my paths; thou drawest thee a line about the soles of my feet:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You put my feet in shackles. You follow my trail by engraving marks on the soles of my feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You bind chains on my feet; you watch every step I take, and even examine my footprints. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You've locked my feet in stocks; you watch all my steps; You've limited where I can walk. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />And you put my feet in the stocks and you watch all my movements; you put marks on the soles of my feet. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly to all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And you put my feet in the stocks, "" And observe all my paths—You set a print on the roots of my feet,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And puttest in the stocks my feet, And observest all my paths, On the roots of my feet Thou settest a print,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And thou wilt set my feet in the stocks, and thou wilt watch all my paths; thou wilt dig round the roots of my feet.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thou hast put my feet in the stocks, and hast observed all my paths, and hast considered the steps of my feet: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />You have put my feet on a tether, and you have observed all my paths, and you have considered the steps of my feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You put my feet in the stocks; you watch all my paths and trace out all my footsteps, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You put my feet in the stocks, and watch all my paths; you set a bound to the soles of my feet.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and watchest all my ways; thou seest the imprints of my feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you set my feet in the stocks and have set a guard on all my ways, and shall you look upon the footprints of my feet?<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And lookest narrowly unto all my paths; Thou drawest Thee a line about the soles of my feet;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And thou hast placed my foot in the stocks; and thou hast watched all my works, and hast penetrated my heels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/13-27.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=2078" 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/13.htm">Job Reproves His Friends</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">26</span>For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth. <span class="reftext">27</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: wə·ṯā·śêm (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf.Jus-2ms) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">You put</a> <a href="/hebrew/7272.htm" title="7272: raḡ·lay (N-fdc:: 1cs) -- Foot. From ragal; a foot; by implication, a step; by euphem. The pudenda.">my feet</a> <a href="/hebrew/5465.htm" title="5465: bas·saḏ (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Stocks (for securing feet of prisoners). From an unused root meaning to estop; the stocks.">in the stocks</a> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: wə·ṯiš·mō·wr (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-2ms) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">and stand watch</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">over all</a> <a href="/hebrew/734.htm" title="734: ’ā·rə·ḥō·w·ṯāy (N-cpc:: 1cs) -- A way, path. From 'arach; a well-trodden road; also a caravan.">my paths;</a> <a href="/hebrew/2707.htm" title="2707: tiṯ·ḥaq·qeh (V-Hitpael-Imperf-2ms) -- To cut in, carve. A primitive root; to carve; by implication, to delineate; also to entrench.">You set a limit</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/8328.htm" title="8328: šā·rə·šê (N-mpc) -- A root. From sharash; a root.">the soles</a> <a href="/hebrew/7272.htm" title="7272: raḡ·lay (N-fdc:: 1cs) -- Foot. From ragal; a foot; by implication, a step; by euphem. The pudenda.">of my feet.</a> </span><span class="reftext">28</span>So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.…<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/139-3.htm">Psalm 139:3</a></span><br />You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-34.htm">Lamentations 3:34-36</a></span><br />To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land, / to deny a man justice before the Most High, / to subvert a man in his lawsuit—of these the Lord does not approve.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/56-8.htm">Psalm 56:8</a></span><br />You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle—are they not in Your book?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-59.htm">Psalm 119:59</a></span><br />I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/5-21.htm">Proverbs 5:21</a></span><br />For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/16-17.htm">Jeremiah 16:17</a></span><br />For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/139-7.htm">Psalm 139:7-10</a></span><br />Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence? / If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there. / If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/73-23.htm">Psalm 73:23-24</a></span><br />Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand. / You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-15.htm">Isaiah 29:15</a></span><br />Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/139-1.htm">Psalm 139:1-2</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me. / You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-30.htm">Matthew 10:30</a></span><br />And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-13.htm">Hebrews 4:13</a></span><br />Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-7.htm">Luke 12:7</a></span><br />And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-5.htm">1 Corinthians 4:5</a></span><br />Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-16.htm">Romans 2:16</a></span><br />on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You put my feet also in the stocks, and look narrowly to all my paths; you set a print on the heels of my feet.</p><p class="hdg">puttest</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/33-11.htm">Job 33:11</a></b></br> He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/16-10.htm">2 Chronicles 16:10-12</a></b></br> Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for <i>he was</i> in a rage with him because of this <i>thing</i>. And Asa oppressed <i>some</i> of the people the same time… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/7-22.htm">Proverbs 7:22</a></b></br> He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;</p><p class="hdg">and lookest.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/10-6.htm">Job 10:6</a></b></br> That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/14-16.htm">Job 14:16</a></b></br> For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/16-9.htm">Job 16:9</a></b></br> He teareth <i>me</i> in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.</p><p class="hdg">settest</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="hdg">heels.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/10-8.htm">Bound</a> <a href="/job/12-18.htm">Chains</a> <a href="/esther/1-14.htm">Close</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/20-10.htm">Drawest</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-27.htm">Fasten</a> <a href="/job/12-5.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/judges/5-15.htm">Heels</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-13.htm">Lookest</a> <a href="/job/12-23.htm">Making</a> <a href="/job/11-15.htm">Mark</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-16.htm">Narrowly</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-20.htm">Observest</a> <a href="/job/8-13.htm">Paths</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-28.htm">Print</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-24.htm">Puttest</a> <a href="/job/8-17.htm">Roots</a> <a href="/job/7-17.htm">Settest</a> <a href="/job/12-18.htm">Shackles</a> <a href="/job/2-7.htm">Soles</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-37.htm">Steps</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/16-10.htm">Stocks</a> <a href="/job/7-12.htm">Watch</a> <a href="/job/10-14.htm">Watching</a> <a href="/job/13-15.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/16-8.htm">Bound</a> <a href="/job/33-11.htm">Chains</a> <a href="/job/19-14.htm">Close</a> <a href="/psalms/65-4.htm">Drawest</a> <a href="/job/14-17.htm">Fasten</a> <a href="/job/18-8.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/job/18-11.htm">Heels</a> <a href="/job/30-20.htm">Lookest</a> <a href="/job/20-23.htm">Making</a> <a href="/job/16-12.htm">Mark</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-16.htm">Narrowly</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-20.htm">Observest</a> <a href="/job/19-8.htm">Paths</a> <a href="/john/20-25.htm">Print</a> <a href="/job/22-23.htm">Puttest</a> <a href="/job/14-8.htm">Roots</a> <a href="/psalms/8-1.htm">Settest</a> <a href="/job/33-11.htm">Shackles</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-25.htm">Soles</a> <a href="/job/14-16.htm">Steps</a> <a href="/job/33-11.htm">Stocks</a> <a href="/job/14-16.htm">Watch</a> <a href="/job/29-2.htm">Watching</a> <a href="/job/17-9.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Job 13</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/13-1.htm">Job reproves his friends for partiality</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/13-14.htm">He professes his confidence in God; </a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/13-19.htm">and entreats to know his own sins, and God's purpose in afflicting him</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>You put my feet in the stocks</b><br>In ancient times, stocks were a form of punishment and restraint, often used to immobilize prisoners. This imagery reflects Job's feeling of being trapped and restricted by his suffering. Biblically, stocks are mentioned in <a href="/jeremiah/20-2.htm">Jeremiah 20:2</a>, where the prophet Jeremiah is placed in stocks for prophesying against Jerusalem. This connection highlights the theme of righteous individuals enduring unjust suffering. Theologically, Job's use of this metaphor suggests a deep sense of divine discipline or testing, as he perceives God as the one who has placed him in this position.<p><b>and stand watch over all my paths;</b><br>This phrase indicates a sense of surveillance and control over Job's life. In the cultural context of the Ancient Near East, the idea of a deity watching over human actions was common, but Job's lament suggests a more oppressive oversight. Theologically, this can be seen as Job's struggle with the concept of God's omniscience and omnipresence, which is also reflected in <a href="/psalms/139-3.htm">Psalm 139:3</a>, where God is described as being familiar with all paths. Job feels scrutinized, which adds to his sense of being unjustly targeted.<p><b>You set a limit for the soles of my feet.</b><br>Here, Job expresses the idea that God has predetermined the boundaries of his life and suffering. This reflects the biblical theme of God's sovereignty and control over human affairs, as seen in passages like <a href="/proverbs/16-9.htm">Proverbs 16:9</a>, which speaks of the Lord establishing a person's steps. The phrase can also be interpreted as Job's acknowledgment of God's ultimate authority, even in his distress. Theologically, it raises questions about human free will and divine predestination, themes that are explored throughout the book of Job. This limitation can also be seen as a type of Christ, who willingly submitted to the limitations of human form and suffering for a greater purpose.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure in the Book of Job, a man of great faith and integrity who undergoes severe trials and suffering. In this verse, Job is speaking to God, expressing his feelings of being trapped and scrutinized.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Almighty, whom Job addresses directly. Job perceives God as the one who has placed him in a restrictive situation, observing his every move.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_stocks.htm">The Stocks</a></b><br>A device used in ancient times to restrain prisoners, symbolizing Job's feeling of being confined and limited in his actions.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/paths.htm">Paths</a></b><br>Represents the course of Job's life and actions, which he feels are under constant surveillance by God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/soles_of_my_feet.htm">Soles of My Feet</a></b><br>A metaphor for Job's freedom and ability to move, which he feels is restricted by God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_sovereignty.htm">Understanding God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Recognize that God is in control of all circumstances, even when we feel restricted or confined. Trust in His greater plan and purpose.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/perception_of_trials.htm">Perception of Trials</a></b><br>Trials can feel like imprisonment, but they are often opportunities for growth and deeper reliance on God. Reflect on how God might be using your current situation for your spiritual development.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_watchful_care.htm">God's Watchful Care</a></b><br>While Job feels scrutinized, remember that God's watchfulness is also a sign of His care and concern for us. He is intimately involved in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/limits_and_freedom.htm">Limits and Freedom</a></b><br>Consider how perceived limitations can lead to greater freedom in Christ. Sometimes, God sets boundaries to protect us and guide us toward His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_uncertainty.htm">Faith in Uncertainty</a></b><br>Like Job, we may not understand why we face certain trials, but maintaining faith and integrity is crucial. Trust that God is working all things for good.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 13</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_stock_market.htm">What is the Bible's perspective on the stock market?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/meaning_of_'though_he_slay_me,_yet_trust'.htm">What does 'Though He slay me, yet will I trust' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_job_27_13-23_at_odds_with_god's_grace.htm">Does the portrayal of divine retribution in Job 27:13-23 conflict with the idea of God's grace demonstrated elsewhere in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_'wait_on_the_lord'_endure_silence.htm">(Psalm 27:14) In light of enduring suffering throughout history, how does 'waiting on the LORD' hold up against the apparent silence or absence of divine intervention?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(27) <span class= "bld">Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks.</span>--This is illustrated by the language of the Psalms (<a href="/psalms/88-8.htm" title="You have put away my acquaintance far from me; you have made me an abomination to them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.">Psalm 88:8</a>; <a href="/psalms/142-7.htm" title="Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise your name: the righteous shall compass me about; for you shall deal bountifully with me.">Psalm 142:7</a>, &c.). There is a difficulty in these two verses, arising from the pronouns. Some understand the subject to be the fetter: "Thou puttest my feet in the fetter that watcheth over all my paths, and imprinteth itself upon the roots of my feet, and it (the foot) consumeth like a rotten thing, and like a garment that is moth-eaten." Others refer the "he" to Job himself; and others to man, the subject of the following chapter. In the Hebrew future tense the third person feminine and the second person masculine are alike, and the word for fetter, which is only found here and at <a href="/job/33-11.htm" title="He puts my feet in the stocks, he marks all my paths.">Job 33:11</a>, where Elihu quotes these words, may possibly be feminine in this place, though it is clear that Elihu understood Job to be speaking of God. Probably by the "he" introduced so abruptly is meant the object of all this watching and persecution.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 27.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks</span> (comp. <a href="/job/33-11.htm">Job 33:11</a>). The punishment is said to be still in use among the Bedouin Arabs. It was well known to the Israelites (<a href="/proverbs/7-22.htm">Proverbs 7:22</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/20-2.htm">Jeremiah 20:2</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/29-26.htm">Jeremiah 29:26</a>), to the Greeks (Herod., 9:87), and to the Romans (<a href="/acts/16-24.htm">Acts 16:24</a>). And lookest narrowly unto all my paths. Not allowing me to escape thee. Thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet; rather, <span class="accented">upon the soles of my feet.</span> The "print" intended is probably a mark which the stocks were in the habit of making (see Professor Sayee, in <span class="accented">Sunday at Home</span> December, 1890, p. 125). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/13-27.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">You put</span><br /><span class="heb">וְתָ֘שֵׂ֤ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṯā·śêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my feet</span><br /><span class="heb">רַגְלַ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(raḡ·lay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - fdc | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7272.htm">Strong's 7272: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foot, a step, the pudenda</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the stocks</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּסַּ֨ד ׀</span> <span class="translit">(bas·saḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5465.htm">Strong's 5465: </a> </span><span class="str2">Stocks (for securing feet of prisoners)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and stand watch</span><br /><span class="heb">וְתִשְׁמ֥וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṯiš·mō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">over all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my paths;</span><br /><span class="heb">אָרְחוֹתָ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·rə·ḥō·w·ṯāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_734.htm">Strong's 734: </a> </span><span class="str2">A well-trodden road, a caravan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You set a limit</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּתְחַקֶּֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(tiṯ·ḥaq·qeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2707.htm">Strong's 2707: </a> </span><span class="str2">To carve, to delineate, to entrench</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">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 soles</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁרְשֵׁ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(šā·rə·šê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8328.htm">Strong's 8328: </a> </span><span class="str2">A root</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of my feet.</span><br /><span class="heb">רַ֝גְלַ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(raḡ·lay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - fdc | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7272.htm">Strong's 7272: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foot, a step, the pudenda</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/13-27.htm">Job 13:27 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/13-27.htm">Job 13:27 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/13-27.htm">Job 13:27 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/13-27.htm">Job 13:27 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/13-27.htm">Job 13:27 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/13-27.htm">Job 13:27 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/13-27.htm">Job 13:27 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/13-27.htm">Job 13:27 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/13-27.htm">Job 13:27 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/13-27.htm">Job 13:27 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/13-27.htm">OT Poetry: Job 13:27 You also put my feet (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/13-26.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 13:26"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 13:26" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/13-28.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 13:28"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 13:28" /></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>