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Lamentations 3:12

He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

KJV

Tetendit arcum suum, et posuit me quasi signum ad sagittam.

Vulgate

Ἥ. Ἐνέτεινεν τόξον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐστήλωσέν με ὡς σκοπὸν εἰς βέλος,

LXX

He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

ASV

דָּרַ֤ךְ קַשְׁת/וֹ֙ וַ/יַּצִּיבֵ֔/נִי כַּ/מַּטָּרָ֖א לַ/חֵֽץ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ו
v
noun · 45×
מַּטָּרָֽה
mtrh
noun · 16×
נִי
ny
verb · 63×
נִצָּ֥ב
ntsb
verb · 74×
קֶ֣שֶׁת
qsht
noun · 76×

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 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 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?
  • Lam 2:4 — He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire
  • Lam 2:4 — He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire
  • Ps 7:12 — If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
  • Ps 21:12 — Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
  • Ps 38:2 — For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
  • Ps 38:2 — For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
  • Ps 64:7 — But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
  • Ps 91:5 — Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;