Job 16:12

I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for 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 delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.

13His archers surround me. He splits my kidneys apart, and does not spare. He pours out my bile on the ground.

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Cross References

Job 1:2There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.

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

Job 7:12Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me?

Job 9:17For he breaks me with a storm, and multiplies my wounds without cause.

Job 23:16For God has made my heart faint. The Almighty has terrified me.

Job 29:18Then I said, ‘I will die in my own house, I will count 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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