Job 16:12

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

10People ridiculed me with their mouths. They slapped my cheeks with contempt. They united against me. 11God handed me over to unjust people and threw me into the hands of wicked people. I was at ease, and he shattered me. He grabbed me by the back of the neck and smashed ⌞my skull⌟. He set me up as his target, 13and his archers surrounded me. He slashes open my kidneys without mercy and spills my blood on the ground. 14He inflicts wound after wound on me. He lunges at me like a warrior.

Job 16:12 word by word

שָׁ֘לֵ֤ו הָיִ֨יתִי׀ וַֽיְפַרְפְּרֵ֗נִי וְאָחַ֣ז בְּ֭עָרְפִּי וַֽיְפַצְפְּצֵ֑נִי וַיְקִימֵ֥נִי ל֝֗וֹ לְמַטָּרָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I was at easeשָׁלֵוshâlêv shâlêyv shelêvâh · at easeH7961
• but he hath broken me asunderפָּרַרpârar · to breakH6565
• he hath also takenאָחַז'âchaz · to graspH270
• by my neckעֹ֫רֶף‛ôreph · neckH6203
• and shaken me to piecesפָּצַץpûts · to shatterH6327
• and set me upקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
• for his markמַטָּרָהmaţţârâ' maţţârâh · guardhouseH4307

Cross-references for Job 16:12

• Job 1:2He had seven sons and three daughters.
• Job 3:26I have no peace! I have no quiet! I have no rest! And trouble keeps coming!”
• Job 29:3when he made his lamp shine on my head, when I walked through the dark in his light.
• Job 4:10Though the roar of the lion and the growl of the ferocious lion ⌞is loud⌟, the young lions have had their teeth knocked out.
• Psalms 44:19Yet, you crushed us in a place for jackals and covered us with the shadow of death.
• Lamentations 3:4He has made my flesh and my skin waste away. He has broken my bones.
• Matthew 21:44Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken. If the stone falls on anyone, it will crush that person.”
• Job 15:26He stubbornly charges at him with a thick shield.
• Romans 16:4They risked their lives to save me. I’m thankful to them and so are all the churches among the nations.
• Lamentations 3:11He has forced me off the road I was taking, torn me to pieces, and left me with nothing.
• Ezekiel 29:7When Israel grabbed you, you splintered and tore up their shoulders. When they leaned on you, you broke, and they wrenched their backs.
• Job 7:12“Am I the sea or a sea monster that you have set a guard over me?
• Lamentations 3:12He has drawn his bow and made me the target for his arrows.

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

Topics related to Job 16:12

• Afflictions and Adversities

In the dictionaries

• Comforter
• Foul
• Plead
• Scorn
• Asunder
• Bildad
• Games
• Mark
• Poetry, Hebrew

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