Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrows. New Living Translation He has drawn his bow and made me the target for his arrows. English Standard Version he bent his bow and set me as a target for his arrow. Berean Standard Bible He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow. King James Bible He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. New King James Version He has bent His bow And set me up as a target for the arrow. New American Standard Bible He bent His bow And took aim at me as a target for the arrow. NASB 1995 He bent His bow And set me as a target for the arrow. NASB 1977 He bent His bow And set me as a target for the arrow. Legacy Standard Bible He bent His bow And set me as a target for the arrow. Amplified Bible He has bent His bow And set me as a target for the arrow. Christian Standard Bible He strung his bow and set me as the target for his arrow. Holman Christian Standard Bible He strung His bow and set me as the target for His arrow. American Standard Version He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. Aramaic Bible in Plain English He filled his bow and he stood me up as the mark for an arrow Brenton Septuagint Translation HE. He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. Contemporary English Version God took careful aim and shot his arrows Douay-Rheims Bible Daleth. He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for his arrows. English Revised Version He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. GOD'S WORD® Translation He has drawn his bow and made me the target for his arrows. Good News Translation He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrows. International Standard Version He bent his bow, aiming at me with his arrow. JPS Tanakh 1917 He hath bent His bow, and set me As a mark for the arrow. Literal Standard Version He has bent His bow, | And sets me up as a mark for an arrow. Majority Standard Bible He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow. New American Bible He bent his bow, and set me up as a target for his arrow. NET Bible He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrow. New Revised Standard Version he bent his bow and set me as a mark for his arrow. New Heart English Bible He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. Webster's Bible Translation He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. World English Bible He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. Young's Literal Translation He hath trodden His bow, And setteth me up as a mark for an arrow. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jeremiah's Afflictions…11He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help. 12He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow. 13He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.… Cross References Job 6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me. Job 7:20 If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You? 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; Psalm 7:12 If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow. Psalm 38:2 For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me. Lamentations 2:4 He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion. Treasury of Scripture He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. bent Job 6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. 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? Job 16:12,13 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… Jump to Previous Arrow Arrows Bent Bow Drew Mark Target TroddenJump to Next Arrow Arrows Bent Bow Drew Mark Target TroddenLamentations 3 1. The prophet bewails his own calamities22. By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope 37. He acknowledges God's justice 55. He prays for deliverance 64. And vengeance on his enemies (12) He hath bent his bow.--(Comp. Job 16:12.) The figure is changed, but there is a natural sequence of thought. The lion suggests the huntsman. but he appears on the scene not to save the victim, but to complete the work of destruction.Verse 12. - Set me as a mark. Precisely as Job complains of Jehovah, "He hath set me up for his mark" (Job 16:13). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He bentדָּרַ֤ךְ (dā·raḵ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1869: To tread, to walk, to string a, bow His bow קַשְׁתוֹ֙ (qaš·tōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 7198: A bow, for, shooting, the iris and set me וַיַּצִּיבֵ֔נִי (way·yaṣ·ṣî·ḇê·nî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's 5324: To take one's stand, stand as the target כַּמַּטָּרָ֖א (kam·maṭ·ṭā·rā) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4307: A guard, ward, prison, target, mark for His arrow. לַחֵֽץ׃ (la·ḥêṣ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2671: A piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spear Links Lamentations 3:12 NIVLamentations 3:12 NLT Lamentations 3:12 ESV Lamentations 3:12 NASB Lamentations 3:12 KJV Lamentations 3:12 BibleApps.com Lamentations 3:12 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 3:12 Chinese Bible Lamentations 3:12 French Bible Lamentations 3:12 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Lamentations 3:12 He has bent his bow and set (Lam. La Lm) |
    |