Job 16:12

I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;

Berean Standard Bible
Other translations

King James Version

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.

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.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

I was in welth, but he hath brought me to nought: he hath taken me by the necke, and beaten me, and set me as a marke for himselfe.

Darby Translation

I was at rest, but he hath shattered me; he hath taken me by the neck and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

Young's Literal Translation

At ease I have been, and he breaketh me, And he hath laid hold on my neck, And he breaketh me in pieces, And he raiseth me to him for a mark.

Bible in Basic English

I was in comfort, but I have been broken up by his hands; he has taken me by the neck, shaking me to bits; he has put me up as a mark for his arrows.

In context

11God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.

13His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.

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