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Job 13:27

Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

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וְתָ֘שֵׂ֤םvetasemand putשׂוּםconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and put”, an unfinished actionH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…בַּסַּ֨דbasadin stocksסַדpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in stocks”, the ordinary formH5465the stocksstocks.רַגְלַ֗יraglayfootרֶגֶלnoun, common, feminine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “foot”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda[idiom] be able to endure, [idiom] according as, [idiom] after, [idiom] coming, [idiom] follow, (broken-)foot(-ed, -stool), [idiom] great toe, [idiom] haunt, [idiom] journey, leg, [phrase] piss, [phrase] possession, time.וְתִשְׁמ֥וֹרvetishmorand bewardשָׁמַרconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and beward”, an unfinished actionH8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).אָרְחוֹתָ֑יarechotaymannerאֹרַחnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “manner”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH734a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravanmanner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-) way.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…שָׁרְשֵׁ֥יsharesherootשֶׁרֶשׁnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “root”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8328a root (literally or figuratively)bottom, deep, heel, root.רַ֝גְלַ֗יraglayfootרֶגֶלnoun, common, feminine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “foot”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda[idiom] be able to endure, [idiom] according as, [idiom] after, [idiom] coming, [idiom] follow, (broken-)foot(-ed, -stool), [idiom] great toe, [idiom] haunt, [idiom] journey, leg, [phrase] piss, [phrase] possession, time.תִּתְחַקֶּֽהtitchaqehcarved workחָקָהverb, hithpael, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “carved work”, an unfinished actionH2707to carve; by implication, to delineate; also to entrenchcarved work, portrayed, set a print.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; Thou drawest Thee a line about the soles of my feet;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest all my paths; Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet:

Young’s Literal Translation

And puttest in the stocks my feet, And observest all my paths, On the roots of my feet Thou settest a print,

World English Bible

You also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet,

Darby Translation

And thou puttest my feet in the stocks, and markest all my paths; thou settest a bound about the soles of my feet; —

Douay-Rheims

Thou hast put my feet in the stocks, and hast observed all my paths, and hast considered the steps of my feet:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; Thou drawest Thee a line about the soles of my feet;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And thou hast placed my foot in the stocks; and thou hast watched all my works, and hast penetrated to my heels.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἔθου δέ μου τὸν πόδα ἐν κωλύματι, ἐφύλαξας δέ μου πάντα τὰ ἔργα, εἰς δὲ ῥίζας τῶν ποδῶν μου ἀφίκου.