Job 16:12

In 11 translations

BSB

I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;

KJV

I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

WEB

I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his target.

ASV

I was at ease, and he brake me asunder; Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces: He hath also set me up for his mark.

LSV

I have been at ease, and He breaks me, || And He has laid hold on my neck, || And He breaks me in pieces, || And He raises me to Him for a mark.

YLT

At ease I have been, and he breaketh me, And he hath laid hold on my neck, And he breaketh me in pieces, And he raiseth me to him for a mark.

DBY

I was at rest, but he hath shattered me; he hath taken me by the neck and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

DRC16:13

I that was formerly so wealthy, am all on a sudden broken to pieces: he hath taken me by my neck, he hath broken me, and hath set me up to be his mark.

GNV

I was in welth, but he hath brought me to nought: he hath taken me by the necke, and beaten me, and set me as a marke for himselfe.

JPS

I was at ease, and He broke me asunder; yea, He hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces; He hath also set me up for His mark.

LXXE

When I was at peace he distracted me: he took me by the hair of the head, and plucked it out: he set me up as a mark.

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WLC

שָׁ֘לֵ֤ו הָיִ֨יתִי ׀ וַֽיְפַרְפְּרֵ֗נִי וְאָחַ֣ז בְּ֭עָרְפִּי וַֽיְפַצְפְּצֵ֑נִי וַיְקִימֵ֥נִי ל֝֗וֹ לְמַטָּרָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Εἰρηνεύοντα διεσκέδασέ με· λαβών με τῆς κόμης διέτιλε, κατέστησέ με ὥσπερ σκοπόν.

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• Lamentations 3:11–12He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help. He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.
• Job 7:20If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?
• Lamentations 3:4He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.
• Psalms 44:19But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.
• Job 9:17For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.
• Job 15:26rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.
• Job 7:12Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?
• Ezekiel 29:7When Israel took hold of you with their hands, you splintered, tearing all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke, and their backs were wrenched.
• Romans 16:4who have risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.
• Job 4:10The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
• Matthew 21:44He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”
• Job 29:18–19So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand. My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.
• Job 29:3when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
• Job 3:26I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”
• Job 1:2–3He had seven sons and three daughters, and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.

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