Job 16:12 Parallel Translations

I was at ease, and he shattered me. He grabbed me by the back of the neck and smashed my skull. He set me up as his target,(GOD'S WORD®)

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.

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.

BBE:

I was in comfort, but I have been broken up by his hands; he has taken me by the neck, shaking me to bits; he has put me up as a mark for his arrows.

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.

ERV:

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.

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.

WBS:

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.

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.

Job 16:12 Cross References

XREF:

Job 7:20 "Have I sinned? What have I done to You, O watcher of men? Why have You set me as Your target, So that I am a burden to myself?

Job 9:17 "For He bruises me with a tempest And multiplies my wounds without cause.

Lamentations 3:12 He bent His bow And set me as a target for the arrow. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

16:12 Shaken - As a mighty man doth with some stripling, when he wrestleth with him. Mark - That he may shoot all his arrows in me.

MHC:

16:6-16 Here is a doleful representation of Job's grievances. What reason we have to bless God, that we are not making such complaints! Even good men, when in great troubles, have much ado not to entertain hard thoughts of God. Eliphaz had represented Job as unhumbled under his affliction: No, says Job, I know better things; the dust is now the fittest place for me. In this he reminds us of Christ, who was a man of sorrows, and pronounced those blessed that mourn, for they shall be comforted.

CONC:

Apart Arrows Asunder Bits Brake Breaketh Broke Broken Comfort Crushed Dashed Ease Grasped Hands Hold Laid Mark Neck Pieces Raiseth Rest Seized Shaken Shaking Shattered Target Yea Yes

Apart Arrows Asunder Bits Brake Breaketh Broke Broken Crushed Dashed Ease Grasped Hands Hold Laid Mark Neck Pieces Raiseth Seized Shaken Shaking Shattered Target

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