Job 33:11

11 He fastens my feet in shackles; he keeps close watch on all my paths.’

Job 33:11 in Other Translations

11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.

11 he puts my feet in the stocks and watches all my paths.'

11 He puts my feet in the stocks and watches my every move.’

11 He's thrown me in jail; he keeps me under constant surveillance.'

11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, He marketh all my paths.

11 He puts my feet in the stocks and watches all my paths.'

11 He puts my feet in the stocks; He stands watch over all my paths."

11 He puts my feet in chains. He watches every step I take.'

Job 33:11 Meaning and Commentary

Job 33:11

He putteth my feet in the stocks
This also he had said, ( Job 13:27 ) ; by which he would suggest not only that his afflictions were painful and disgraceful, and from which he could not extricate himself, being close fettered by them; but that they were inflicted on him as punishments, and he was treated as a criminal, as a malefactor, who had been guilty of some notorious breach of the law:

he marketh all my paths;
looked narrowly at them, numbered and counted them; this also he had said, ( Job 13:27 ) ( 14:16 ) ( 31:4 ) ; meaning not only his natural and civil paths and steps, but his moral ones, that he could not step the least awry, but presently it was marked and observed, ( Job 10:14 ) ; but though God does take notice of the sins of his people, and chastises them for them, yet he does not mark them in strict justice, for, should he, they could not stand before him, ( Psalms 130:3 ) .

Job 33:11 In-Context

9 ‘I am pure, I have done no wrong; I am clean and free from sin.

10 Yet God has found fault with me; he considers me his enemy.

11 He fastens my feet in shackles; he keeps close watch on all my paths.’

12 “But I tell you, in this you are not right, for God is greater than any mortal.

13 Why do you complain to him that he responds to no one’s words ?

Cross References

• 1. S Job 13:27
• 2. Job 14:16; Proverbs 3:6; Isaiah 30:21