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Lamentations 3:12
12He has bent His bow And set me as a target for the arrow.
Lamentations 3:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
- New International Version (NIV)He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrows.
- English Standard Version (ESV)he bent his bow and set me as a target for his arrow.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He has bent His bow And set me up as a target for the arrow.
Context of Lamentations 3:12
10He is to me like a bear lying in wait, And like a lion [hiding] in secret places. 11He has turned aside my ways and torn me in pieces; He has made me desolate. He has bent His bow And set me as a target for the arrow. 13He has caused the arrows of His quiver To enter my inner parts. 14I have become the [object of] ridicule to all my people, And [the subject of] their mocking song all the day.
Read all of Lamentations 3Lamentations 3:12 word by word
דָּרַ֤ךְ קַשְׁתוֹ֙ וַיַּצִּיבֵ֔נִי כַּמַּטָּרָ֖א לַחֵֽץ׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Lamentations 3:12
- Job 6:4Because the arrows of the Almighty are within me, My spirit drinks their poison; The terrors of God are arrayed against me.
- Job 7:20If I have sinned, what [harm] have I done to You, O Watcher of mankind? Why have You set me as a target for You, So that I am a burden to myself?
- Job 16:12I was [living] at ease, but He crushed me and broke me apart, And He has seized me by the neck and has shaken me to pieces; He has also set me up as His target.
- Psalms 7:12If a man does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has strung and bent His [mighty] bow and made it ready.
- Psalms 38:2For Your arrows have sunk into me and penetrate deeply, And Your hand has pressed down on me and greatly disciplined me.
Commentaries on Lamentations 3:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow - One might conjecture that the following thought in the Toozek i Teemour was borrowed from this: - "One addressed the caliph Aaly, and said, 'If the heavens were a bow, and the earth the cord thereof; if calamities were arrows, man the butt for those arrows; and the holy blessed God the unerring marksman; where could the sons of Adam flee for succor?' The caliph replied, 'The children of Adam must…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10-18Verses 10-18 Having dwelt upon the difficulties which hemmed in his path, he now shows that there are dangers attending upon escape. Lamentations 3:11 The meaning is, “God, as a lion, lying in wait, has made me turn aside from my path, but my flight was in vain, for springing upon me from His ambush lie has torn me in pieces.” Desolate - Or, astonied, stupefied that he cannot flee. The word is a favorite one with Jeremiah. Lamentations 3:12 This new…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Compare Job 6:4.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1310-13. (Job 10:16; Ho 13:7, 8).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Lamentations 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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