25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the [a]iniquities of my youth.

27 Thou puttest my feet also in the [b]stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths, and makest the print thereof in the [c]heels of my feet.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 13:26 Thou punishest me now for the faults that I committed in my youth.
  2. Job 13:27 Thou makest me thy prisoner, and dost so press me that I cannot stir hand nor foot.
  3. Job 13:27 Hebrew, roots.

25 Will you torment(A) a windblown leaf?(B)
    Will you chase(C) after dry chaff?(D)
26 For you write down bitter things against me
    and make me reap the sins of my youth.(E)
27 You fasten my feet in shackles;(F)
    you keep close watch on all my paths(G)
    by putting marks on the soles of my feet.

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