Many people turned and fought against him. People with arrows became his enemies.
Job 16:13 - Easy To Read Version God’s archers {\cf2\super [29]} are all around me.\par He shoots arrows in my kidneys.\par He shows no mercy.\par He spills my gall {\cf2\super [30]} on the ground.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 His archers compass me round about, He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [Satan's] arrows whiz around me. He slashes open my vitals and does not spare; he pours out my gall on the ground. American Standard Version (1901) His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground. Common English Bible His archers surround me; he cuts my kidneys open without pity and doesn’t care, pours my gall on the ground, Catholic Public Domain Version I, who once was wealthy, am now crushed. He has grabbed me by my neck; he has broken me and has place me before him as a sign. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I that was formerly so wealthy am all on a sudden broken to pieces. He hath taken me by my neck. He hath broken me, and hath set me up to be his mark. |
Many people turned and fought against him. People with arrows became his enemies.
God sends his army to attack me.\par They build attack towers around me.\par They camp around my tent.\par
I will see God\par with my own eyes.\par I myself, not someone else,\par will see God,\par And I can’t tell you how excited\par that makes me feel!\par
The bronze arrow will go\par all the way through his body,\par and stick out from his back.\par Its shining point will pierce his liver,\par and he will be shocked with terror.\par
No person can count his stars. {\cf2\super [44]} \par God’s sun rises on all people.\par
And if he does kill me,\par I will be comforted about one thing,\par I will be happy about one thing:\par Even through all this pain,\par I never refused to obey\par the commands of the Holy One.\par
God All-Powerful’s arrows are in me.\par My spirit feels the poison\par from those arrows!\par God’s terrible weapons are lined up\par against me.\par
My eyes are worn out with tears!\par My insides are upset!\par My heart feels like it has been poured\par on the ground!\par I feel this way because of the destruction\par of my people.\par Children and babies are fainting.\par They are fainting in the public squares\par of the city.\par
The Lord bent his bow like an enemy.\par He held his sword in his right hand.\par He killed all the good looking men of Judah.\par The Lord killed them\par as if he were the enemy.\par The Lord poured out his anger.\par He poured it out on the tents of Zion.\par
The Lord led me off my path.\par He tore me to pieces.\par He ruined me.\par
The Lord my Master says, “\{Jerusalem,\} I promise by my life \{that I will punish you\}! I promise that I will punish you! Why? Because you did terrible things to my Holy Place. You did horrible things that made it dirty! I will punish you! I won’t show any mercy. I will not feel sorry for you!
He even let his own Son suffer for us. God gave his Son for us all. So with Jesus now, God will surely give us all things.
And God punished the \{evil\} people who lived long ago. God brought a flood to the world that was full of people who were against God. But God saved Noah and seven other people with Noah. Noah was a man who told people about living right.