Job 16:12
10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
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.
13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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;
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- I was at ease, and he brake me asunder; Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces: He hath also set me up for his mark.
- DARBY
- I was at rest, but he hath shattered me; he hath taken me by the neck and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
- BLB
- I was at ease, and He broke me; and He seized me by my neck and shattered me, and stood me up for Him as a target.
- ÅB
- Jeg levde i ro; da sønderbrøt han meg, han grep meg i nakken og sønderknuste meg, han satte meg opp til skive for seg.
- OTB
- Jeg var i ro, men han knuste meg;
han grep meg i nakken og knuste meg.
Han har gjort meg til sitt mål. - B1930
- Jeg levde i ro; da sønderbrøt han mig, han grep mig i nakken og sønderknuste mig, han satte mig op til skive for sig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 7:20
I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
Read in contextLamentations 3:11–12
He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
Read in contextLamentations 3:4
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
Read in contextJob 9:17
For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
Read in contextPsalms 44:19
Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
Read in contextRomans 16:4
Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
Read in contextEzekiel 29:7
When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.
Read in contextJob 15:26
He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
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