Job 16:12
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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11God gives me over to the power of sinners, sending me violently into the hands of evil-doers.
Cross References
Job 1:2And he had seven sons and three daughters.
Job 4:10Though the noise of the lion and the sounding of his voice, may be loud, the teeth of the young lions are broken.
Job 7:12Am I a sea, or a sea-beast, that you put a watch over me?
Job 9:17For I would be crushed by his storm, my wounds would be increased without cause.
Job 23:16For God has made my heart feeble, and my mind is troubled before the Ruler of all.
Job 29:18Then I said, I will come to my end with my children round me, my days will be as the sand in number;
Matthew Henry on Job 16:7-17
Grievances of Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 6 Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased? 7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company. 8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face. 9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me. 10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the… Read the whole commentary →