American Standard Version
Lamentations 3:12
12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark 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 unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places. 11He 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. 13He hath caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins. 14I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.
Read all of Lamentations 3Lamentations 3:12 word by word
דָּרַ֤ךְ קַשְׁתוֹ֙ וַיַּצִּיבֵ֔נִי כַּמַּטָּרָ֖א לַחֵֽץ׃ סRead the interlinear
Cross-references for Lamentations 3:12
- Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
- Job 7:20If I have sinned, what do I unto thee, O thou watcher of men? Why hast thou set me as a mark for thee, So that I am a burden to myself?
- Job 16:12I 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.
- Psalms 7:12If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready;
- Psalms 38:2For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.
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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