English Standard Version
Lamentations 3:12
12he bent his bow and set me as a target for his 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He has bent His bow And set me up as a target for the arrow.
- New Living Translation (NLT)He has drawn his bow and made me the target for his arrows.
Context of Lamentations 3:12
10He is a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in hiding; 11he turned aside my steps and tore me to pieces; he has made me desolate; he bent his bow and set me as a target for his arrow. 13He drove into my kidneys the arrows of his quiver; 14I have become the laughingstock of all peoples, the object of their taunts all day long.
Read all of Lamentations 3Lamentations 3:12 word by word
דָּרַ֤ךְ קַשְׁתוֹ֙ וַיַּצִּיבֵ֔נִי כַּמַּטָּרָ֖א לַחֵֽץ׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Lamentations 3:12
- Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
- Job 7:20If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of mankind? Why have you made me your mark? Why have I become a burden to you?
- Job 16:12I 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;
- Psalms 7:12If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and readied his bow;
- Psalms 38:2For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on 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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