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Lamentations 3:12

Suffering

10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.

11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

14 I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.

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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)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 38:2

    For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

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  • 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?

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  • Lamentations 2:4

    He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.

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  • Job 6:4

    For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

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  • Psalms 7:12–13

    If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

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  • Job 16:12–13

    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.

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