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Job 16

Job 16:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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His archers
rab (Hebrew #7228)
an archer (or perhaps the same as 7227)
KJV usage: archer.
Pronounce: rab
Origin: by contraction from 7232
compass me round about
cabab (Hebrew #5437)
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively (as follows)
KJV usage: bring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, X whirl, X round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, X circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, round), drive, environ, X on every side, beset (close, come, compass, go, stand) round about, inclose, remove, return, set, sit down, turn (self) (about, aside, away, back).
Pronounce: saw-bab'
Origin: a primitive root
, he cleaveth
palach (Hebrew #6398)
to slice, i.e. break open or pierce
KJV usage: bring forth, cleave, cut, shred, strike through.
Pronounce: paw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
my reins
kilyah (Hebrew #3629)
a kidney (as an essential organ); figuratively, the mind (as the interior self)
KJV usage: kidneys, reins.
Pronounce: kil-yaw'
Origin: feminine of 3627 (only in the plural)
asunder
palach (Hebrew #6398)
to slice, i.e. break open or pierce
KJV usage: bring forth, cleave, cut, shred, strike through.
Pronounce: paw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
, and doth not spare
chamal (Hebrew #2550)
to commiserate; by implication, to spare
KJV usage: have compassion, (have) pity, spare.
Pronounce: khaw-mal'
Origin: a primitive root
; he poureth out
shaphak (Hebrew #8210)
to 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.); intensively, to sprawl out
KJV usage: cast (up), gush out, pour (out), shed(-der, out), slip.
Pronounce: shaw-fak'
Origin: a primitive root
my gall
mrerah (Hebrew #4845)
bile (from its bitterness)
KJV usage: gall.
Pronounce: mer-ay-raw'
Origin: from 4843
upon the ground
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
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Compass,
Gall,
Reins

Cross References

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archers.
Job 6:4• 4For 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. (Job 6:4)
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Gen. 49:23• 23The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: (Gen. 49:23)
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Psa. 7:12‑13• 12If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
 13He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. (Psa. 7:12‑13)
he cleaveth.
Job 19:27• 27Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me. (Job 19:27)
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Lam. 3:13• 13He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins. (Lam. 3:13)
doth.
Job 6:10• 10Then 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. (Job 6:10)
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Deut. 29:20• 20The 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. (Deut. 29:20)
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Ezek. 5:11• 11Wherefore, 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. (Ezek. 5:11)
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Rom. 8:32• 32He 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? (Rom. 8:32)
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2 Peter 2:5• 5And 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; (2 Peter 2:5)
poureth.
Job 20:25• 25It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him. (Job 20:25)
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Lam. 2:11• 11Mine 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. (Lam. 2:11)

J. N. Darby Translation

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His arrowsf encompass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "archers."