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Job 16:11

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

God hath deliuered me to the vniust, and hath made mee to turne out of the way by the hands of the wicked.

Darby Translation

God hath delivered me over to the iniquitous man, and hurled me into 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.

Bible in Basic English

God gives me over to the power of sinners, sending me violently into the hands of evil-doers.

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Cross references

“delivered me”

Psalm 31:8 1 Samuel 24:18 Romans 11:32

Psalm 31:8 · BSB

You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.

1 Samuel 24:18 · BSB

And you have declared this day how you have treated me well, for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.

Romans 11:32 · BSB

For God has consigned everyone to disobedience so that He may have mercy on everyone.

“to the ungodly”

Psalm 7:14 Job 1:13–19 Job 2:7 John 19:16 2 Corinthians 12:7

Psalm 7:14 · BSB

Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.

Job 1:13–19 · BSB

One day, while Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

Job 2:7 · BSB

So 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.

John 19:16 · BSB

Then Pilate handed Jesus over to be crucified, and the soldiers took Him away.

2 Corinthians 12:7 · BSB

or 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.

“turned”

Psalm 27:12

Psalm 27:12 · BSB

Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.

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;

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