Job 16:12
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.
KJV
Conclusit me Deus apud iniquum, et manibus impiorum me tradidit.
Vulgate
παρέδωκεν γάρ με ὁ κύριος εἰς χεῖρας ἀδίκου, ἐπὶ δὲ ἀσεβέσιν ἔρριψέν με.
LXX
I 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.
ASV
שָׁ֘לֵ֤ו הָיִ֨יתִי וַֽ/יְפַרְפְּרֵ֗/נִי וְ/אָחַ֣ז בְּ֭/עָרְפִּ/י וַֽ/יְפַצְפְּצֵ֑/נִי וַ/יְקִימֵ֥/נִי ל֝֗/וֹ לְ/מַטָּרָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
הָפֵ֣ר
hpr
verb · 50×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
ם
m
verb · 68×
מַּטָּרָֽה
mtrh
noun · 16×
נִי
ny
verb · 68×
עֹ֖רֶף
'rp
noun · 33×
שָׁלֵ֣ו
shlv
adjective · 8×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Job 6:4 — For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
- Job 7:20 — I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
- Job 9:17 — For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
- Lam 3:4 — My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
- Lam 3:11 — He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
- Lam 3:11 — He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
- Ps 44:19 — Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.