Job 16:12

I was at ease, but he hath crushed me; he hath also grasped me by the neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up unto himself as a mark;

Leeser Tanakh

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 hath surrendered me to the unjust, and cast me down into the hands of the wicked.

13His archers encompass me round about; he cleaveth my reins sunder, and doth not pity; he poureth out upon the ground my gall;

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Cross References

Job 1:2And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.

Job 4:10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

Job 7:12Am I a sea, or a monster, that thou settest a watch over me?

Job 9:17He that bruiseth me with [his] tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without a cause.

Job 23:16Still God hath made timid my heart, and the Almighty hath terrified me;

Job 29:18And I said then, “In the midst of my nest shall I depart hence, and like the sand shall I have many days.

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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