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Job 16:12 KJV
Job · chapter 16 · verse 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.Job 16:12 · King James Version
Job 16:12 in context
10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
11God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
12I 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.
13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
14He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- asunderpârarto break upH6565 →
- piecespûwtsto dash in pieces, literally or figurativelyH6327 →
- takenʼâchazto seizeH270 →
- easeshâlêvtranquilH7961 →
- neckʻôrephthe nape or back of the neckH6203 →
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Job's complaint is here as bitter as any where in all his discourses, and he is at a stand whether to smother it or to give it vent. Sometimes the one and sometimes the other is a relief to the afflicted, according as the temper or the circumstances are; but Job found help by neither, Job 16:6. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-16