Job 16 · Verse 12

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.
Job 16:12, King James Version

Job 16:12 in other translations

BSBI was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;
WEBI 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.
ASVI 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.
YLTAt 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.
DARBYI 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.
BBEI 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.
WebsterI 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.

What does Job 16:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. I was at ease--in past times (Job 1:1-3). by my neck--as an animal does its prey (so Job 10:16). shaken--violently; in contrast to his former "ease" (Psa 102:10). Set me up (again). mark--(Job 7:20; La 3:12). God lets me always recover strength, so as to torment me ceaselessly.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 16:6-16

Here is a doleful representation of Job's grievances. What reason we have to bless God, that we are not making such complaints! Even good men, when in great troubles, have much ado not to entertain hard thoughts of God. Eliphaz had represented Job as unhumbled under his affliction: No, says Job, I know better things; the dust is now the fittest place for me. In this he reminds us of Christ, who was a man of sorrows…

Read the full comment on Job 16:6-16 →

Job 16:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שָׁ֘לֵ֤וsha.Levat easeH7961
הָיִ֨יתִי\׀ha.Yi.tiI wasH1961
וַֽיְפַרְפְּרֵ֗נִיvay.far.pe.Re.niand he smashed meH6565
וְאָחַ֣זve.'a.Chazand he took holdH270
בְּ֭עָרְפִּיBe.'a.re.pion neck myH6203
וַֽיְפַצְפְּצֵ֑נִיvay.fatz.pe.Tze.niand he shattered meH6327
וַיְקִימֵ֥נִיvay.ki.Me.niand he set up meH6965
ל֝֗וֹloof him
לְמַטָּרָֽה\׃le.ma.ta.Rahto a targetH4307

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 16:12

  • 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?

  • Lamentations 3:11-12

    He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate. He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

  • Lamentations 3:4

    My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.

  • Job 9:17

    For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

  • Psalms 44:19

    Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.

  • Romans 16:4

    Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.

  • Ezekiel 29:7

    When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.

  • Job 15:26

    He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

  • Matthew 21:44

    And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

  • Job 29:3

    When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

  • Job 7:12

    Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

  • Job 4:10

    The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
at ease.
1:2,3; 3:26; 29:3,18,19
broken me.
4:10; Ps 44:19; La 3:4; Mt 21:44
by my neck.
15:26; Ro 16:4
shaken.
La 3:11; Eze 29:7
set me up.
7:12,20; La 3:12

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Context

  • Job 16:11

    God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

  • 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.

  • Job 16:13

    His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

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Job 16:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Próspero estaba, y desmenuzóme: y arrebatóme por la cerviz, y despedazóme, y púsome por blanco suyo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		J’étais en paix, et il m’a brisé; il m’a saisi par la nuque et m’a broyé, et m’a dressé pour lui servir de but.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ich war in Ruhe, und er hat mich zerrüttelt, und er packte mich beim Nacken und zerschmetterte mich; und er stellte mich hin sich zur Zielscheibe.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Conclusit me Deus apud iniquum, et manibus impiorum me tradidit.