Job 16:12

I was living in peace and he smashed me to pieces. He grabbed me by the neck and dashed me to pieces. He set me up as his target.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

11God has handed me over to evil people; he has thrown me into their hands.

13His archers surround me. His arrows pierce my kidneys without mercy. He pours out my gall on the ground.

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Cross References

Job 1:2He had seven sons and three daughters.

Job 4:10Lions may roar and growl, but their teeth still break.

Job 7:12Am I the sea or a sea monster that you have to guard me?

Job 9:17He pounds me with the winds of a storm; he wounds me time and again, without giving a reason.

Job 23:16God has made me faint-hearted; the Almighty has scared me to death.

Job 29:18I thought I would die at home, after many years.

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 →

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