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Job 16:12 Cross-References
Explore 15 cross-references for Job 16:12 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 16 verse 12 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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 (KJV)
Commentary on 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 describes violent reversal: from 'ease' (שַׁלֵו, shalev—at ease, secure) to being 'broken asunder' (פָּרַרְנִי, fararni—shattered), seized by the neck (בְּעָרְפִּי, be'orpi), 'shaken to pieces' (פִּצְפְּצַנִי, pitspetsani—dashed to pieces), and set up as a 'mark' (מַטָּרָה, mattarah—target). This is trauma language—describing sudden, violent catastrophe. Job felt secure (not arrogantly, but reasonably), then everything collapsed. God seemed to target him sp...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 16:12
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“and pulled me in pieces; he has made me desolate.”
“what do I do to you”
“My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.”
“and covered us with the shadow of death.”
“and multiplies my wounds without cause.”
“laid down their own necks; to whom not only I give thanks”
“'I shall die in my own house”
“or a sea monster”
“with the thick shields of his bucklers;”
“but on whoever it will fall”