Lamentations 3:12
10 He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.
11 He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help.
He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.
13 He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.
14 I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.
- KJV
- He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
- WEB
- He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
- ASV
- He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
- DARBY
- He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
- BLB
- He has bent His bow and stood me up as the target for an arrow.
- ÅB
- Han spente sin bue og stilte meg opp til mål for sin pil.
- OTB
- Han bøyde sin bue og satte meg som mål for sine piler.
- B1930
- Han spente sin bue og stilte mig op til mål for sin pil.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 38:2
For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
Read in contextJob 7:20
If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You ?
Read in contextLamentations 2:4
He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion.
Read in contextJob 6:4
For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
Read in contextPsalms 7:12–13
If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
Read in contextJob 16:12–13
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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