Job 16:12

At ease I have been, and he breaketh me, And he hath laid hold on my neck, And he breaketh me in pieces, And he raiseth me to him for a mark.

Young's Literal Translation

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 shutteth me up unto the perverse, And to the hands of the wicked turneth me over.

13Go round against me do his archers. He splitteth my reins, and spareth not, He poureth out to the earth my gall.

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Cross References

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

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

Job 7:12A sea -[monster] am I, or a dragon, That thou settest over me a guard?

Job 9:17Because with a tempest He bruiseth me, And hath multiplied my wounds for nought.

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

Job 29:18And I say, 'With my nest I expire, And as the sand I multiply 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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