Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
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
New American Standard Bible
And watch all my paths;
You
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
and stand watch over all my paths,
setting a limit for the soles
International Standard Version
You've locked my feet in stocks; you watch all my steps; You've limited where I can walk.
A Conservative Version
Thou also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. Thou set a bound to the soles of my feet.
American Standard Version
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest all my paths; Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet:
Amplified
“You also put my feet in the stocks [as punishment]
And [critically] observe all my paths;
You set a circle and limit around the soles of my feet [which I must not overstep],
Bible in Basic English
And you put chains on my feet, watching all my ways, and making a limit for my steps;
Darby Translation
And thou puttest my feet in the stocks, and markest all my paths; thou settest a bound about the soles of my feet; --
King James 2000
You put my feet also in the stocks, and watch closely all my paths; you set a bound to the soles of my feet.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And you put my feet in the block, and you watch all my paths; you carve [a mark] on the soles of my feet.
Modern King James verseion
You put my feet also in the stocks, and look closely to all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou hast put my foot in the stocks: thou lookest narrowly unto all my paths, and markest the steps of my feet.
NET Bible
And you put my feet in the stocks and you watch all my movements; you put marks on the soles of my feet.
New Heart English Bible
You also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet,
The Emphasized Bible
And thou dost put - in the stocks - my feet, and observest all my paths, Against the roots of my feet, thou dost cut out a bound;
Webster
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.
World English Bible
You also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet,
Youngs Literal Translation
And puttest in the stocks my feet, And observest all my paths, On the roots of my feet Thou settest a print,
Themes
physical Bondage » In prison » In stocks
Feet » Of criminals » Placed in stocks
human Limitations » Man subject to » Feet in the stocks
Interlinear
Suwm
Shamar
'orach
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 13:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Argues His Case With God
26 For thou wilt write bitter things against me; and thou wilt give me to inherit the iniquities of my youth. 27 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 28 And he as rottenness will fall away; as a garment the moth ate it.
Cross References
Job 33:11
He will set my feet in the stocks, he will watch all my paths.
2 Chronicles 16:10-12
And Asa will be indignant to the seer, and he will give him to the house of the stocks, for he was in anger with him for this And Asa will oppress from the people in that time.
Job 2:7
And the adversary will go forth from the face of Jehovah, and he will strike Job with an evil burning sore, from the sole of his foot even to his crown.
Job 10:6
That thou wilt seek for mine iniquity, and wilt search out for my sins?
Job 14:16
For now thou wilt count my steps: wilt thou not watch over my sin?
Job 16:9
He rent in his anger, and he will lie in wait for me, gnashing upon me with his teeth; mine enemy will sharpen his eyes against me.
Proverbs 7:22
He went after her suddenly as the ox will go to the slaughter, and as the fetter for the correction of the foolish.
Acts 16:24
Who, having received such an order, cast them into the inner prison, and placed their feet firmly in wood.