Job 16:12

Geneva Bible (1560)

I was in welth, but he hath brought me to nought: he hath taken me by the necke, and beaten me, and set me as a marke for himselfe.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 7:20 : 20 I haue sinned, what shal I do vnto thee? O thou preseruer of me, why hast thou set me as a marke against thee, so that I am a burden vnto my selfe?
  • Lam 3:4 : 4 My flesh and my skinne hath he caused to waxe olde, and he hath broken my bones.
  • Lam 3:11-12 : 11 He hath stopped my wayes, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate. 12 He hath bent his bow & made me a marke for the arrow.
  • Ezek 29:7 : 7 When they tooke holde of thee with their hand, thou diddest breake, & rent all their shoulder: & when they leaned vpon thee, thou brakest and madest all their loynes to stand vpright.
  • Matt 21:44 : 44 And whosoeuer shall fall on this stone, he shalbe broken: but on whomsoeuer it shal fall, it will dash him a pieces.
  • Rom 16:4 : 4 (Which haue for my life laide downe their owne necke. Vnto whom not I onely giue thankes, but also all the Churches of the Gentiles.)
  • Job 9:17 : 17 For he destroyeth mee with a tempest, and woundeth me without cause.
  • Job 15:26 : 26 Therefore God shall runne vpon him, euen vpon his necke, and against the most thicke part of his shielde.
  • Job 29:3 : 3 When his light shined vpon mine head: and when by his light I walked thorowe the darkenesse,
  • Job 29:18-19 : 18 Then I sayde, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiplie my dayes as the sand. 19 For my roote is spread out by the water, and the dewe shall lye vpon my branche.
  • Ps 44:19 : 19 Albeit thou hast smitten vs downe into the place of dragons, and couered vs with the shadow of death.
  • Job 1:2-3 : 2 And he had seue sonnes, & three daughters. 3 His substance also was seuen thousande sheepe, and three thousand camels, and fiue hundreth yoke of oxen, and fiue hundreth shee asses, and his family was very great, so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the East.
  • Job 3:26 : 26 I had no peace, neither had I quietnesse, neither had I rest, yet trouble is come.
  • Job 4:10 : 10 The roaring of the Lion, and the voyce of the Lionesse, & the teeth of the Lions whelpes are broken.
  • Job 7:12 : 12 Am I a sea or a whalefish, that thou keepest me in warde?

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    13His archers compasse mee rounde about: he cutteth my reines, and doth not spare, & powreth my gall vpon the ground.

    14He hath broken me with one breaking vpon another, and runneth vpon me like a gyant.

    15I haue sowed a sackcloth vpon my skinne, and haue abased mine horne vnto the dust.

  • Lam 3:9-14
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    9He hath stopped vp my wayes with hewen stone, and turned away my paths.

    10He was vnto me as a beare lying in waite, and as a Lion in secret places.

    11He hath stopped my wayes, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

    12He hath bent his bow & made me a marke for the arrow.

    13Hee caused the arrowes of his quiuer to enter into my reines.

    14I was a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.

  • Job 16:7-11
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    7But now hee maketh mee wearie: O God, thou hast made all my congregation desolate,

    8And hast made me full of wrinkles which is a witnesse thereof, and my leannes ryseth vp in me, testifying the same in my face.

    9His wrath hath torne me, and hee hateth me, and gnasheth vpon mee with his teeth: mine enemie hath sharpened his eyes against me.

    10They haue opened their mouthes vpon me, and smitten me on the cheeke in reproch; they gather themselues together against me.

    11God hath deliuered me to the vniust, and hath made mee to turne out of the way by the hands of the wicked.

  • Lam 3:3-7
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    3Surely he is turned against me: he turneth his hand against me all the day.

    4My flesh and my skinne hath he caused to waxe olde, and he hath broken my bones.

    5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall, and labour.

    6He hath set me in darke places, as they that be dead for euer.

    7He hath hedged about mee, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chaines heauy.

  • Lam 1:13-14
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    13From aboue hath hee sent fire into my bones, which preuaile against them: he hath spred a net for my feete, and turned me backe: hee hath made me desolate, and daily in heauinesse.

    14The yoke of my transgressions is bounde vpon his hand: they are wrapped, and come vp vpon my necke: hee hath made my strength to fall: the Lord hath deliuered me into their hands, neither am I able to rise vp.

  • Lam 3:16-17
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    16He hath also broken my teeth with stones, and hath couered me with ashes.

    17Thus my soule was farre off from peace: I forgate prosperitie,

  • Job 19:9-11
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    9Hee hath spoyled mee of mine honour, and taken the crowne away from mine head.

    10He hath destroyed mee on euery side and I am gone: and he hath remoued mine hope like a tree.

    11And he hath kindled his wrath against me, and counteth mee as one of his enemies.

  • Ps 22:14-16
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    14I am like water powred out, and all my bones are out of ioynt: mine heart is like waxe: it is molten in the middes of my bowels.

    15My strength is dryed vp like a potsheard, and my tongue cleaueth to my iawes, and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

    16For dogges haue compassed me, and the assemblie of the wicked haue inclosed me: they perced mine hands and my feete.

  • Job 30:11-12
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    11Because that God hath loosed my corde and humbled mee, they haue loosed the bridle before me.

    12The youth rise vp at my right hand: they haue pusht my feete, and haue trode on me as on the paths of their destruction.

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    13I rekoned to the morning: but he brake all my bones, like a lion: from day to night wilt thou make an ende of me.

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    19But I was like a lambe, or a bullocke, that is brought to the slaughter, and I knewe not that they had deuised thus against me, saying, Let vs destroy the tree with the fruite thereof, and cut him out of the lande of the liuing, that his name may be no more in memory.

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    6Know nowe, that God hath ouerthrowen me, and hath compassed me with his net.

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    17For he destroyeth mee with a tempest, and woundeth me without cause.

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    15But in mine aduersitie they reioyced, and gathered them selues together: the abiects assembled themselues against me, and knewe not: they tare me and ceased not,

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    14They came as a great breach of waters, & vnder this calamitie they come on heapes.

  • Job 31:22-23
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    22Let mine arme fal from my shoulder, & mine arme be broken from the bone.

    23For Gods punishment was fearefull vnto me, & I could not be deliuered from his highnes.

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    19He hath cast me into the myre, and I am become like ashes and dust.

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    12I am forgotten, as a dead man out of minde: I am like a broken vessell.

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    11He hath put my feete in the stockes, and looketh narrowly vnto all my paths.

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    9That is, that God would destroy me: that he would let his hand go, and cut me off.

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    16Therefore my soule is nowe powred out vpon me, and the dayes of affliction haue taken holde on me.

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    4For the arrowes of the Almightie are in me, the venime whereof doeth drinke vp my spirit, and the terrours of God fight against me.

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    8I am weakened and sore broken: I roare for the very griefe of mine heart.

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    10For I had heard the railing of many, and feare on euery side. Declare, said they, and wee wil declare it: all my familiars watched for mine halting, saying, It may be that he is deceiued: so we shall preuaile against him, and we shal execute our vengeance vpon him.

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    10Take thy plague away from mee: for I am consumed by the stroke of thine hand.