Job 16:11
New International Version
God has turned me over to the ungodly and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.

New Living Translation
God has handed me over to sinners. He has tossed me into the hands of the wicked.

English Standard Version
God gives me up to the ungodly and casts me into the hands of the wicked.

Berean Standard Bible
God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.

King James Bible
God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

New King James Version
God has delivered me to the ungodly, And turned me over to the hands of the wicked.

New American Standard Bible
“God hands me over to criminals, And tosses me into the hands of the wicked.

NASB 1995
“God hands me over to ruffians And tosses me into the hands of the wicked.

NASB 1977
“God hands me over to ruffians, And tosses me into the hands of the wicked.

Legacy Standard Bible
God hands me over to ruffians And tosses me into the hands of the wicked.

Amplified Bible
“God hands me over to criminals And tosses me [headlong] into the hands of the wicked.

Christian Standard Bible
God hands me over to the unjust; he throws me to the wicked.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
God hands me over to unjust men; He throws me into the hands of the wicked.

American Standard Version
God delivereth me to the ungodly, And casteth me into the hands of the wicked.

Contemporary English Version
And God is the one who handed me over to this merciless mob.

English Revised Version
God delivereth me to the ungodly, and casteth me into the hands of the wicked.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
God handed me over to unjust people and threw me into the hands of wicked people.

Good News Translation
God has handed me over to evil people.

International Standard Version
God has delivered me over to the ungodly, throwing me into the control of the wicked.

Majority Standard Bible
God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.

NET Bible
God abandons me to evil men, and throws me into the hands of wicked men.

New Heart English Bible
God delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.

Webster's Bible Translation
God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

World English Bible
God delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
God shuts me up to the perverse, "" And turns me over to the hands of the wicked.

Young's Literal Translation
God shutteth me up unto the perverse, And to the hands of the wicked turneth me over.

Smith's Literal Translation
God will shut me up to the evil one, and he will cast me into the hands of the unjust.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
God hath shut me up with the unjust man, and hath delivered me into the hands of the wicked.

Catholic Public Domain Version
God has confined me with the immoral, and he has delivered me into the hands of the impious.

New American Bible
God has given me over to the impious; into the hands of the wicked he has cast me.

New Revised Standard Version
God gives me up to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
God has delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
He handed me over to the Evil Angel, and he handed me over to the hand of the Wicked One
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
God delivereth me to the ungodly, And casteth me into the hands of the wicked.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For the Lord has delivered me into the hands of unrighteous men, and thrown me upon the ungodly.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Job Decries his Comforters
10They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me. 11God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked. 12I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;…

Cross References
Psalm 71:11
saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”

Isaiah 53:10
Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.

Lamentations 3:12-13
He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow. / He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.

Jeremiah 12:7
I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the beloved of My soul into the hands of her enemies.

Psalm 22:1
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?

Isaiah 63:10
But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.

Psalm 31:11
Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends—they flee when they see me on the street.

Psalm 88:8
You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.

Psalm 41:9
Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

Matthew 27:46
About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

Mark 15:34
At the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

John 16:32
“Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

Romans 8:32
He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?

2 Corinthians 5:21
God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

1 Peter 2:24
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”


Treasury of Scripture

God has delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

delivered me.

1 Samuel 24:18
And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not.

Psalm 31:8
And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

Romans 11:32
For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

to the ungodly

Job 1:13-19
And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: …

Job 2:7
So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

Psalm 7:14
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

turned

Psalm 27:12
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

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Job 16
1. Job reproves his friends for unmercifulness
17. He maintains his innocence














God has delivered me
The Hebrew root for "delivered" is "סָגַר" (sagar), which means to shut up, surrender, or give over. In the context of Job's lament, this phrase reflects a deep sense of betrayal and abandonment. Job feels that God, whom he has faithfully served, has handed him over to his adversaries. This expression of anguish highlights the depth of Job's suffering and his struggle to understand God's role in his afflictions. Historically, this reflects the ancient Near Eastern belief in divine justice, where the righteous are rewarded, and the wicked are punished. Job's experience challenges this belief, prompting readers to explore the complexities of faith and suffering.

to unjust men
The term "unjust" comes from the Hebrew "עַוָּל" (avval), meaning perverse or wicked. Job perceives those who accuse and torment him as morally corrupt, lacking the righteousness that he strives to uphold. This phrase underscores the theme of injustice that permeates the Book of Job. Job's friends, who should offer comfort, instead become his accusers, embodying the "unjust men" to whom he feels delivered. This serves as a poignant reminder of the human tendency to misjudge and condemn without understanding, a theme that resonates throughout scripture.

He has thrown me
The verb "thrown" is derived from the Hebrew "פָּרַר" (parar), which can mean to break, frustrate, or cast off. This imagery conveys a sense of being violently cast aside, emphasizing the intensity of Job's perceived rejection by God. It evokes the feeling of being discarded or abandoned, which is central to Job's lament. This phrase invites readers to empathize with Job's plight and to reflect on moments of personal despair when one might feel similarly cast off by divine providence.

to the clutches of the wicked
The "clutches" here is a metaphor for being in the grip or control of something harmful or evil. The Hebrew word "רָשָׁע" (rasha) for "wicked" denotes those who are morally wrong or guilty. Job's use of this phrase paints a vivid picture of his vulnerability and the peril he faces. It highlights the spiritual and emotional battle he endures, feeling ensnared by forces that oppose his integrity. This imagery is powerful, reminding believers of the spiritual warfare that exists and the need for divine intervention and protection.

(11) The ungodly and the wicked are the terms he retorts upon his friends, and they have certainly earned them. Now follows--

Verse 11. - God hath delivered me to the ungodly. All that Job had suffered at the hands of wicked men, the gibes of his "comforters," the insults and "derision ' of "base men" (Job 30:1, 8-10), the desertion of many who might have been expected to have come to his aid, being by God's per-minion, is attributed by Job to God himself, who has "delivered" him up to these "ungodly" ones, and permits them to add to and intensify his sufferings. He was not so ruthlessly treated as his great Anti-type; he was not bound with thongs, or crowned with thorns, or smitten with a reed, or scourged, or crucified - even the smiting on the cheek, spoken of in ver. 10, was probably metaphorical; but he suffered, no doubt, grievously, through the scorn and contumely that assailed him, through his friends' unkindness, and his enimies' insolent triumph, and the rude jeers of the "abjeets" who made him their "song" and their "byword" (Job 30:9). And turned me over into the hands of the wicked. Job speaks as if God had wholly given him up, made him over to the wicked, to deal with him exactly as they chose. This, of course, was not so. If the malevolence of Satan was limited by the Divine will (Job 1:12; Job 2:6); so, much more, would the malevolence of man be limited.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
God
אֵ֭ל (’êl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty

has delivered me
יַסְגִּירֵ֣נִי (yas·gî·rê·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 5462: To shut up, to surrender

to
אֶ֣ל (’el)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

unjust men;
עֲוִ֑יל (‘ă·wîl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5760: Unjust one

He has thrown me
יִרְטֵֽנִי׃ (yir·ṭê·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 3399: To precipitate, hurl, headlong, to be rash

to
וְעַל־ (wə·‘al-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the clutches
יְדֵ֖י (yə·ḏê)
Noun - fdc
Strong's 3027: A hand

of the wicked.
רְשָׁעִ֣ים (rə·šā·‘îm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person


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