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Job 16:12 Interlinear

“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”

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Job 16 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	שָׁ֘לֵ֤ו	H7961	I was at ease	tranquil; (in a bad sense) careless; abstractly, security
2	הָיִ֨יתִי׀	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
3	וַֽיְפַרְפְּרֵ֗נִי	H6565	but he hath broken me asunder	to break up (usually figuratively), i.e., to violate, frustrate
4	וְאָחַ֣ז	H270	he hath also taken	to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
5	בְּ֭עָרְפִּי	H6203	me by my neck	the nape or back of the neck (as declining); hence, the back generally (whether literal or figurative)
6	וַֽיְפַצְפְּצֵ֑נִי	H6327	and shaken me to pieces	to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
7	וַיְקִימֵ֥נִי	H6965	and set me up	to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
8	ל֝֗וֹ	H0
9	לְמַטָּרָֽה׃	H4307	for his mark	a jail (as a guard-house); also an aim (as being closely watched)

Job 16:12 (current)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