Parallel Verses
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,
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; --
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
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,
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 writest against me bitter things, And causest me to possess iniquities of my youth: 27 And puttest in the stocks my feet, And observest all my paths, On the roots of my feet Thou settest a print, 28 And he, as a rotten thing, weareth away, As a garment hath a moth consumed him.
Cross References
Job 33:11
He doth put in the stocks my feet, He doth watch all my paths.'
2 Chronicles 16:10-12
And Asa is angry at the seer, and giveth him to the house of torture, for he is in a rage with him for this; and Asa oppresseth some of the people at that time.
Job 2:7
And the Adversary goeth forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smiteth Job with a sore ulcer from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
Job 10:6
That Thou inquirest for mine iniquity, And for my sin seekest?
Job 14:16
But now, my steps Thou numberest, Thou dost not watch over my sin.
Job 16:9
His anger hath torn, and he hateth me, He hath gnashed at me with his teeth, My adversary sharpeneth his eyes for me.
Proverbs 7:22
He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool,
Acts 16:24
who such a charge having received, did put them to the inner prison, and their feet made fast in the stocks.