Job 33:11

“He puts my feet in the stocks, he watches all my paths.’”

Job 33:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 33:11, word by word

He putsיָשֵׂםyasem

put

To put something somewhere.

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my feetרַגְלָragla

foot

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

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in the stocksסַּדsad

stocks

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

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he watchesיִשְׁמֹרyishmor

guard

To watch over, protect from all harm.

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my paths.’אָרְחֹתָarchota

path

A road; or a way of life.

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The context

10Look, pretexts against me he finds; he counts me as his enemy.

11 · This verse (above)

12Look, in this you are not in the right, I answer you, for Eloah is greater than mortal.

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