Adam Clarke Commentary - Job 16:13

Adam Clarke Commentary - Job 16:13 - 16:13

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Adam Clarke Commentary - Job 16:13 - 16:13

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16:2 - 16:2
16:3 - 16:3
16:4 - 16:4
16:5 - 16:5
16:6 - 16:6
16:7 - 16:7
16:8 - 16:8
16:9 - 16:9
16:13 - 16:13
16:15 - 16:15
16:16 - 16:16
16:17 - 16:17
16:18 - 16:18
16:19 - 16:19
16:20 - 16:20
16:21 - 16:21
16:22 - 16:22

His archers compass me - רביו rabbaiv “his great ones.” The Vulgate and Septuagint translate this his spears; the Syriac, Arabic, and Chaldee, his arrows. On this and the following verse Mr. Heath observes: “The metaphor is here taken from huntsmen: first, they surround the beast; then he is shot dead; his entrails are next taken out; and then his body is broken up limb by limb.”