Job 13:27

“You put my feet in the stocks and watch all my paths; on the soles of my feet you set a mark.”

Job 13:27 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 13:27, word by word

You putתָשֵׂםtasem

put

To put something somewhere.

Where else “tasem” appears
my feetרַגְלַragla

foot

The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.

Where else “ragla” appears
in the stocksסַּדsad

stocks

Stocks: a wooden device that holds a prisoner's feet.

Where else “sad” appears
and watchתִשְׁמוֹרtishmor

guard

To watch over, protect from all harm.

Where else “tishmor” appears
my pathsאָרְחוֹתָarchota

path

A road; or a way of life.

Where else “archota” appears
the solesשָׁרְשֵׁיsharshe

shoot

What gives rise to something; a shoot from a stock, like a descendant of Jesse.

Where else “sharshe” appears
you set a markתִּתְחַקֶּהtitchake

carve, engrave

Engrave, carve a design on a surface. As a participle, "what is engraved."

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The context

26For you write against me bitter things and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.

27 · This verse (above)

28And he wears out like a rotten thing, like a garment that the moth has eaten.

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