Lamentations 3:12

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 to me like a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in secret places. 11He has made my ways deviate, and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate. He bent His bow And took aim at me as a target for the arrow. 13He made the arrows of His quiver Enter my inward parts. 14I have become a laughingstock to all my people, Their song of ridicule all the day.

Lamentations 3:12 word by word

דָּרַ֤ךְ קַשְׁתוֹ֙ וַיַּצִּיבֵ֔נִי כַּמַּטָּרָ֖א לַחֵֽץ׃ סRead the interlinear

• bentדָּרַךְdârak · to treadH1869
• His bowקֶ֫שֶׁתqesheth · bowH7198
• tookנָצַבnâtsab · to standH5324
• me as a targetמַטָּרָהmaţţârâ' maţţârâh · guardhouseH4307
• for the arrowחֵץchêts · arrowH2671

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:12

• Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, My spirit drinks their poison; The terrors of God line up against me.
• Job 7:20Have I sinned? What have I done to You, Watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, So that I am a burden to myself?
• Job 16:12I was at ease, but He shattered me, And He has grasped me by my neck and shaken me to pieces; He has also set me up as His target.
• Psalms 7:12If one does not repent, He will sharpen His sword; He has bent His bow and taken aim.
• Psalms 38:2For Your arrows have sunk deep into me, And Your hand has pressed 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

Topics related to Lamentations 3:12

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Arrow
• Bow
• Despondency

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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