American Standard Version
Job 16:12
12I 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.
Job 16:12 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)All was well with me, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;
- English Standard Version (ESV)I was at ease, and he broke me apart; he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces; he set me up as his target;
- New King James Version (NKJV)I was at ease, but He has shattered me; He also has taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces; He has set me up for His target,
Context of Job 16:12
10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me. 11God delivereth me to the ungodly, And casteth me into the hands of the wicked. 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. 13His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground. 14He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant.
Read all of Job 16Job 16:12 word by word
שָׁ֘לֵ֤ו הָיִ֨יתִי׀ וַֽיְפַרְפְּרֵ֗נִי וְאָחַ֣ז בְּ֭עָרְפִּי וַֽיְפַצְפְּצֵ֑נִי וַיְקִימֵ֥נִי ל֝֗וֹ לְמַטָּרָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 16:12
- Job 1:2And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
- Job 3:26I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; But trouble cometh.
- Job 29:3When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness;
- Job 4:10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
- Psalms 44:19That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
- Lamentations 3:4My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
- Matthew 21:44And he that falleth on this stone shall be broken to pieces: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.
- Job 15:26He runneth upon him with astiffneck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers;
- Romans 16:4who for my life laid down their own necks; unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles:
- Lamentations 3:11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.
- Ezekiel 29:7When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and didst rend all their shoulders; and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.
- Job 7:12Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me?
- Lamentations 3:12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
Commentaries on Job 16:12
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12I was at ease - I was in a state of happiness and security. The word used here (שׁלו shâlêv ) means sometimes to be “at ease” in an improper sense; that is, to be in a state of “carnal security,” or living unconcerned in sin (Ezekiel 23:42; compare Proverbs 1:32); but here it is used in the sense of comfort. He had everything desirable around him. But he hath broken me asunder - He has crushed me. He hath also taken, me by my neck - Perhaps as an animal…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-16Verses 6-16 Here is a doleful representation of Job's grievances. What reason we have to bless God, that we are not making such complaints! Even good men, when in great troubles, have much ado not to entertain hard thoughts of God. Eliphaz had represented Job as unhumbled under his affliction: No, says Job, I know better things; the dust is now the fittest place for me. In this he reminds us of Christ, who was a man of sorrows, and pronounced those…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12He seized me by the neck: This might refer to a wild animal capturing its prey (see 16:9). However, it is more likely a military image signaling defeat (Genesis 49:8; Psalm 18:40).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. I was at ease--in past times (Job 1:1-3). by my neck--as an animal does its prey (so Job 10:16). shaken--violently; in contrast to his former "ease" (Psa 102:10). Set me up (again). mark--(Job 7:20; La 3:12). God lets me always recover strength, so as to torment me ceaselessly.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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