Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Know then that God has wronged me
And has closed His net around me.

King James Version

Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.

Holman Bible

then understand that it is God who has wronged me
and caught me in His net.

International Standard Version

then at least you must know that God has accused me of wrong, and trapped me with his net."

A Conservative Version

know now that God has subverted me, and has encompassed me with his net.

American Standard Version

Know now that God hath subverted me in my cause , And hath compassed me with his net.

Amplified


Know then that God has wronged me and overthrown me
And has closed His net around me.

Bible in Basic English

Be certain that it is God who has done me wrong, and has taken me in his net.

Darby Translation

Know now that +God hath overthrown me, and hath surrounded me with his net.

Julia Smith Translation

Know ye now that God subverted me; and he folded his net about me.

King James 2000

Know now that God has overthrown me, and has compassed me with his net.

Lexham Expanded Bible

know then that God has wronged me and has surrounded me [with] his net.

Modern King James verseion

know now that God has overthrown me, and His net has closed on me.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

know this then: that it is God which hath handled me so violently, and hath compassed me about with his net.

NET Bible

know then that God has wronged me and encircled me with his net.

New Heart English Bible

know now that God has subverted me, and has surrounded me with his net.

The Emphasized Bible

Know, then, that, God, hath overthrown me, and, within his net, enclosed me.

Webster

Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath encompassed me with his net.

World English Bible

know now that God has subverted me, and has surrounded me with his net.

Youngs Literal Translation

Know now, that God turned me upside down, And His net against me hath set round,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
now
אפוא אפו 
'ephow 
Usage: 15

אלהּ אלוהּ 
'elowahh 
God, god
Usage: 57

me, and hath compassed
נקף 
Naqaph 
Usage: 19

References

American

Hastings

Context Readings

Job's Sixth Speech: A Response To Bildad

5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me and reprove me of my reproach, 6 Know then that God has wronged me
And has closed His net around me.
7 Behold, I shall cry out that I have been wronged, and I shall not be heard; I shall cry aloud, and there shall be no judgment.

Cross References

Job 18:8-10

For a net shall be cast at his feet, and he shall walk upon a network.

Job 7:20

If I have sinned, what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? Why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

Job 16:11-14

God has delivered me unto the liar, and in the hands of the wicked he has caused me to tremble.

Job 27:2

As God lives, who has taken away my rights; and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,

Psalm 44:9-14

But thou hast cast us off and put us to shame and doth not go forth with our armies.

Psalm 66:10-12

For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou hast refined us as silver is refined.

Lamentations 1:12-13

Lamed Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there is any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is come unto me because the LORD has afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.

Ezekiel 12:13

But I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will cause him to be taken to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet he shall not see it though he shall die there.

Ezekiel 32:3

Thus hath the Lord GOD said: I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many peoples, and they shall bring thee up in my net.

Hosea 7:12

When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them according to what has been heard in their congregations.

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