King James Version
Job 16:12 in the King James Version says “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 f...” — study this verse from Job chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked. hath: Heb. hath shut me up
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.
His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“but he hath broken me asunder”
H6565to break up (usually figuratively), i.e., to violate, frustrate
“he hath also taken”
H270to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
“me by my neck”
H6203the nape or back of the neck (as declining); hence, the back generally (whether literal or figurative)
“and shaken me to pieces”
H6327to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
“and set me up”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
“for his mark”
H4307a jail (as a guard-house); also an aim (as being closely watched)
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