Job 16:12

I have been at ease, and He breaks me, || And He has laid hold on my neck, || And He breaks me in pieces, || And He raises me to Him for a mark.

Literal Standard Version

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 shuts me up to the perverse, || And turns me over to the hands of the wicked.

13His archers go around against me. He split my reins, and does not spare, || He pours out my gall to the earth.

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Cross References

Job 1:2And seven sons and three daughters are borne to him,

Job 4:10The roaring of a lion, || And the voice of a fierce lion, || And teeth of young lions have been broken.

Job 7:12Am I a sea [monster], or a dragon, || That You set a watch over me?

Job 9:17Because He bruises me with a storm, || And has multiplied my wounds for nothing.

Job 23:16And God has made my heart soft, || And the Mighty has troubled me.

Job 29:18And I say, I expire with my nest, || And I multiply days as the sand.

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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