Job 16:12

שָׁלֵו הָיִיתִי ׀ וַֽיְפַרְפְּרֵנִי וְאָחַז בְּעָרְפִּי וַֽיְפַצְפְּצֵנִי וַיְקִימֵנִי לוֹ לְמַטָּרָֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

11יַסְגִּירֵנִי אֵל אֶל עֲוִיל וְעַל ־ יְדֵי רְשָׁעִים יִרְטֵֽנִי ׃

13יָסֹבּוּ עָלַי ׀ רַבָּיו יְפַלַּח כִּלְיוֹתַי וְלֹא יַחְמוֹל יִשְׁפֹּךְ לָאָרֶץ מְרֵרָֽתִי ׃

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Cross References

Job 1:2וַיִּוָּלְדוּ לוֹ שִׁבְעָה בָנִים וְשָׁלוֹשׁ בָּנֽוֹת ׃

Job 4:10שַׁאֲגַת אַרְיֵה וְקוֹל שָׁחַל וְשִׁנֵּי כְפִירִים נִתָּֽעוּ ׃

Job 7:12הֲ‍ֽיָם ־ אָנִי אִם ־ תַּנִּין כִּֽי ־ תָשִׂים עָלַי מִשְׁמָֽר ׃

Job 9:17אֲשֶׁר ־ בִּשְׂעָרָה יְשׁוּפֵנִי וְהִרְבָּה פְצָעַי חִנָּֽם ׃

Job 23:16וְאֵל הֵרַךְ לִבִּי וְשַׁדַּי הִבְהִילָֽנִי ׃

Job 29:18וָאֹמַר עִם ־ קִנִּי אֶגְוָע וְכַחוֹל אַרְבֶּה יָמִֽים ׃

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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