Job 13:27

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

Key Reflection

In this verse, Job is expressing that God's accusations feel harsh and all-encompassing, extending even to his youthful mistakes. This highlights the intensity of his suffering and the weight of divine scrutiny he feels, suggesting a profound sense of guilt and retribution stretching back into his past.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks -The word rendered “stocks” (סדsad), denotes the wooden frame or block in which the feet of a person were confined for punishment. The whole passage here is designed to describe the feet; as so confined in a clog or clogs, as to preclude the power of motion. Stocks or clogs were used often in ancient times as a mode of punishment.Proverbs 7:22. Jeremiah was punished by being confined in the stocks.Jeremiah 20:2;Jeremiah 29:2,Jeremiah 29:6. Paul and Silas were in like manner confined in the prison in stocks;Acts 16:24. Stocks appear to have been of two kinds.

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