Lamentations 3:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

He has bent His bow and set me as a target for the arrow.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 7:20 : 20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto you, O preserver of men? Why have you set me as a mark against you, so that I am a burden to myself?
  • Ps 38:2 : 2 For your arrows pierce deeply into me, and your hand presses me hard.
  • Lam 2:4 : 4 He has bent His bow like an enemy: He stood with His right hand as an adversary, and killed all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: He poured out His fury like fire.
  • Job 6:4 : 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison which drinks up my spirit; the terrors of God have arrayed themselves against me.
  • Ps 7:12-13 : 12 If he does not turn back, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent his bow, and made it ready. 13 He has also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordains his arrows against the persecutors.
  • Job 16:12-13 : 12 I was at ease, but he has broken me apart; he has also seized me by my neck and shaken me to pieces and set me up as his target. 13 His archers surround me, he cleaves my entrails asunder and does not spare; he pours out my gall upon the ground.

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  • Lam 3:13-16
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    88%

    13He has caused the arrows of His quiver to pierce my innermost parts.

    14I was a ridicule to all my people; their song all the day.

    15He has filled me with bitterness, He has made me drunk with wormwood.

    16He has also broken my teeth with gravel stones; He has covered me with ashes.

  • Lam 3:9-11
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    9He has enclosed my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked.

    10He was to me like a bear lying in wait, and like a lion in hiding.

    11He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.

  • Job 16:11-14
    4 verses
    82%

    11God has delivered me to the ungodly and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

    12I was at ease, but he has broken me apart; he has also seized me by my neck and shaken me to pieces and set me up as his target.

    13His archers surround me, he cleaves my entrails asunder and does not spare; he pours out my gall upon the ground.

    14He breaks me with breach upon breach; he runs upon me like a giant.

  • Ps 7:12-13
    2 verses
    79%

    12If he does not turn back, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent his bow, and made it ready.

    13He has also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordains his arrows against the persecutors.

  • Ps 38:2
    79%

    2For your arrows pierce deeply into me, and your hand presses me hard.

  • Ps 11:2
    78%

    2For behold, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, to secretly shoot at the upright in heart.

  • Isa 49:2
    77%

    2And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand he has hidden me, and made me a polished arrow; in his quiver he has hidden me;

  • Job 6:4
    77%

    4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison which drinks up my spirit; the terrors of God have arrayed themselves against me.

  • Lam 1:13
    76%

    13From above he has sent fire into my bones, and it prevails against them: he has spread a net for my feet, he has turned me back: he has made me desolate and faint all the day.

  • Lam 3:2-7
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    76%

    2He has led me and brought me into darkness, but not into light.

    3Surely against me He is turned; He turns His hand against me all day long.

    4My flesh and my skin He has made old; He has broken my bones.

    5He has built against me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

    6He has set me in dark places, like those long dead.

    7He has hedged me in so I cannot get out; He has made my chain heavy.

  • Job 19:11
    75%

    11He has also kindled His wrath against me and counts me as one of His enemies.

  • Lam 2:4
    75%

    4He has bent His bow like an enemy: He stood with His right hand as an adversary, and killed all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: He poured out His fury like fire.

  • Ps 64:7
    75%

    7But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly they shall be wounded.

  • Ps 21:12
    75%

    12Therefore, you shall make them turn their back; you shall make ready your arrows on your strings against their face.

  • Job 33:10-11
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    75%

    10Behold, He finds occasions against me, He counts me as His enemy;

    11He puts my feet in the stocks, He marks all my paths.

  • 2 Sam 22:35
    75%

    35He teaches my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms.

  • Ps 57:6
    74%

    6They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down; they have dug a pit before me; into the midst of it they have fallen themselves. Selah.

  • Job 41:28
    74%

    28The arrow cannot make him flee; sling stones are turned to stubble by him.

  • Ps 37:14
    74%

    14The wicked have drawn the sword and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay those who are of upright conduct.

  • Deut 32:23
    74%

    23I will heap disasters upon them; I will use up my arrows against them.

  • 1 Sam 20:20
    74%

    20And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark.

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    73%

    4Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

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    34He teaches my hands to war, so that a bow of bronze is broken by my arms.

  • Ps 45:5
    73%

    5Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; by which the people fall under you.

  • Ps 143:3
    73%

    3For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.

  • Ps 64:3
    73%

    3Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words.

  • Jer 12:3
    72%

    3But You, O LORD, know me; You have seen me and tested my heart toward You. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

  • Ps 140:5
    72%

    5The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set traps for me. Selah.

  • Job 30:11
    72%

    11Because He has loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.

  • Job 20:24
    72%

    24He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of bronze shall strike him through.

  • Ps 58:7
    72%

    7Let them melt away as waters that run continually: when he bends his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be cut in pieces.

  • Ezek 39:3
    72%

    3And I will strike your bow out of your left hand, and cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand.

  • Ps 22:16
    72%

    16For dogs have surrounded me; the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me; they pierced my hands and my feet.

  • Job 19:9
    71%

    9He has stripped me of my glory and taken the crown from my head.

  • Gen 49:23
    71%

    23The archers have severely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him.