23 Why is life given to a man
    whose way is hidden,(A)
    whom God has hedged in?(B)

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23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden,
(A)And whom God has hedged in?

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13     his archers surround me.(A)
Without pity, he pierces(B) my kidneys
    and spills my gall on the ground.

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13 His archers surround me.
He pierces my [a]heart and does not pity;
He pours out my gall on the ground.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 16:13 Lit. kidneys

12 He drew his bow(A)
    and made me the target(B) for his arrows.(C)

13 He pierced(D) my heart
    with arrows from his quiver.(E)

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12 He has bent His bow
And (A)set me up as a target for the arrow.

13 He has caused (B)the [a]arrows of His quiver
To pierce my [b]loins.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:13 Lit. sons of
  2. Lamentations 3:13 Lit. kidneys