Job 16:12

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.

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WEBBE

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.

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.

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.

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שָׁלֵו sha·lev at ease H7961 הָיִיתִי ha·yi·ti I was H1961 וַיְפַרְפְּרֵנִי vay·far·pe·re·ni and he smashed me H6565 וְאָחַז ve·'a·chaz and he took hold H270 בְּעָרְפִּי be·'a·re·pi on neck my H6203 וַיְפַצְפְּצֵנִי vay·fatz·pe·tze·ni and he shattered me H6327 וַיְקִימֵנִי vay·ki·me·ni and he set up me H6965 לוֹ lo of him H9033 לְמַטָּרָה le·ma·ta·rah to a target H4307

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 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.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.