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Job 16:12

World English Bible

I was at ease, and he broke me apart.
Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces.
He has also set me up for his target.

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Job 16:12 in other translations

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.

Job 16:12 · American Standard Version

Job 16:12 in context

  1. 10They have gaped on me with their mouth.
    They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully.
    They gather themselves together against me.
  2. 11God delivers me to the ungodly,
    and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
  3. 12I was at ease, and he broke me apart.
    Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces.
    He has also set me up for his target.
  4. 13His archers surround me.
    He splits my kidneys apart, and does not spare.
    He pours out my bile on the ground.
  5. 14He breaks me with breach on breach.
    He runs at me like a giant.