God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
Job 16:11 is Job's complaint that God has handed him over to ungodly and wicked people, describing his suffering. It belongs to Job's reply to Eliphaz's fresh accusations, set within the outline of Job 15-17 and within the wider debate between Job and his three friends about his afflictions. In that reply Job protests his innocence and desires death.
The book of Job presents the problem of suffering under God's providence, presenting Job as a real, upright man. His affliction does not prove that he has sinned or that God is displeased with him, though his friends wrongly insist that his suffering proves he has sinned.
Job 16:11 is Job's complaint that God has handed him over to ungodly and wicked people, describing his suffering. It belongs to Job's reply to Eliphaz's fresh accusations, set within the outline of Job 15-17 and within the wider debate between Job and his three friends about his afflictions. In that reply Job protests his innocence and desires death.
The book of Job presents the problem of suffering under God's providence, presenting Job as a real, upright man. His affliction does not prove that he has sinned or that God is displeased with him, though his friends wrongly insist that his suffering proves he has sinned.