God’s Word Translation
Lamentations 3:12
12He has drawn his bow and made me the target for his arrows.
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 like a bear waiting to ambush me, like a lion in hiding. 11He has forced me off the road I was taking, torn me to pieces, and left me with nothing. He has drawn his bow and made me the target for his arrows. 13He has shot the arrows from his quiver into my heart. 14I have become a laughingstock to all my people. All day long ⌞they make fun of me⌟ with their songs.
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 ⌞have found their target⌟ in me, and my spirit is drinking their poison. God’s terrors line up in battle against me.
- Job 7:20If I sin, what can I ⌞possibly⌟ do to you since you insist on spying on people? Why do you make me your target? I’ve become a burden even to myself.
- Job 16:12I 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,
- Psalms 7:12If a person does not change, God sharpens his sword. By bending his bow, he makes it ready ⌞to shoot⌟.
- Psalms 38:2Your arrows have struck me. Your hand has struck me hard.
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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