Job 16:12

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;

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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 delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.

13His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.

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Cross References

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

Job 4:10The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.

Job 7:12Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?

Job 9:17For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.

Job 23:16God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.

Job 29:18So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my 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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