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A Prisoner of God
Commentators explain that the "stocks" were a painful and restrictive instrument of punishment, locking a person's feet. Job uses this powerful image to express his feeling of being completely trapped and controlled by God. He feels his afflictions are a divine prison from which there is no escape, with God acting as a vigilant guard watching his every move.
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Albert Barnes
On Job 13:27
18th Century
Theologian
You put my feet also in the stocks - The word rendered “stocks” (סד sad), denotes the wooden frame or block in which a person's fee…
Charles Ellicott
On Job 13:27
19th Century
Bishop
You put my feet also in the stocks. —This is illustrated by the language of the Psalms (Psalms 88:8;[Referenc…
John Gill
On Job 13:27
17th Century
Pastor
You put my feet also in the stocks
Which is one kind of punishment of offenders, and a preservation of them from mak…
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Matthew Henry
On Job 13:23–28
17th Century
Minister
Job begs to have his sins revealed to him. A true penitent is willing to know the worst of himself; and we should all desire to know what our trans…