Job 16:11

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.”

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BSBPD

“God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“God delivereth me to the ungodly, And casteth me into the hands of the wicked.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“God shutteth me up unto the perverse, And to the hands of the wicked turneth me over.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 16:11 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 24:18And you have shown this day how well you have dealt with me; for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.
  2. Job 1:13One day, while Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
  3. Job 2:7So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
  4. Psalms 7:14Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
  5. Psalms 27:12Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
  6. Psalms 31:8You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
  7. John 19:16Then Pilate handed Jesus over to be crucified, and the soldiers took Him away.
  8. Romans 11:32For God has consigned everyone to disobedience so that He may have mercy on everyone.
  9. 2 Corinthians 12:7or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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