Job 16:12
I was in peace, and he has shattered me. He has seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;
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- Job 7:20 : 20 If I have sinned– what have I done to you, O watcher of men? Why have you set me as your target? Have I become a burden to you?
- Lam 3:4 : 4 ב(Bet) He has made my mortal skin waste away; he has broken my bones.
- Lam 3:11-12 : 11 He has obstructed my paths and torn me to pieces; he has made me desolate. 12 He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrow.
- Ezek 29:7 : 7 when they grasped you with their hand, you broke and tore their shoulders, and when they leaned on you, you splintered and caused their legs to be unsteady.
- Matt 21:44 : 44 The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and the one on whom it falls will be crushed.”
- Rom 16:4 : 4 who risked their own necks for my life. Not only I, but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.
- Job 9:17 : 17 he who crushes me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds for no reason.
- Job 15:26 : 26 defiantly charging against him with a thick, strong shield!
- Job 29:3 : 3 when he caused his lamp to shine upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;
- Job 29:18-19 : 18 Job’s Confidence“Then I thought,‘I will die in my own home, my days as numerous as the grains of sand. 19 My roots reach the water, and the dew lies on my branches all night long.
- Ps 44:19 : 19 Yet you have battered us, leaving us a heap of ruins overrun by wild dogs; you have covered us with darkness.
- Job 1:2-3 : 2 Seven sons and three daughters were born to him. 3 His possessions included 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys; in addition he had a very great household. Thus he was the greatest of all the people in the east.
- Job 3:26 : 26 I have no ease, I have no quietness; I cannot rest; turmoil has come upon me.”
- Job 4:10 : 10 There is the roaring of the lion and the growling of the young lion, but the teeth of the young lions are broken.
- Job 7:12 : 12 Am I the sea, or the creature of the deep, that you must put me under guard?
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- Job 16:13-153 verses85%
13 his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground.
14 He breaks through against me, time and time again; he rushes against me like a warrior.
15 I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and buried my horn in the dust;
- Lam 3:9-146 verses82%
9 He has blocked every road I take with a wall of hewn stones; he has made every path impassable.
10 ד(Dalet) To me he is like a bear lying in ambush, like a hidden lion stalking its prey.
11 He has obstructed my paths and torn me to pieces; he has made me desolate.
12 He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrow.
13 ה(He) He shot his arrows into my heart.
14 I have become the laughingstock of all people, their mocking song all day long.
- Job 16:7-115 verses82%
7 Surely now he has worn me out, you have devastated my entire household.
8 You have seized me, and it has become a witness; my leanness has risen up against me and testifies against me.
9 His anger has torn me and persecuted me; he has gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary locks his eyes on me.
10 People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.
11 God abandons me to evil men, and throws me into the hands of wicked men.
- Lam 3:3-75 verses77%
3 He repeatedly attacks me, he turns his hand against me all day long.
4 ב(Bet) He has made my mortal skin waste away; he has broken my bones.
5 He has besieged and surrounded me with bitter hardship.
6 He has made me reside in deepest darkness like those who died long ago.
7 ג(Gimel) He has walled me in so that I cannot get out; he has weighted me down with heavy prison chains.
- Lam 1:13-142 verses77%
13 מ(Mem) He sent down fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He spread out a trapper’s net for my feet; he made me turn back. He has made me desolate; I am faint all day long.
14 נ(Nun) My sins are bound around my neck like a yoke; they are fastened together by his hand. He has placed his yoke on my neck; he has sapped my strength. The Lord has handed me over to those whom I cannot resist.
- Lam 3:16-172 verses77%
16 ו(Vav) He ground my teeth in gravel; he trampled me in the dust.
17 I am deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.
- Job 19:9-113 verses76%
9 He has stripped me of my honor and has taken the crown off my head.
10 He tears me down on every side until I perish; he uproots my hope like an uprooted tree.
11 Thus his anger burns against me, and he considers me among his enemies.
- Ps 22:14-163 verses76%
14 My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.
15 The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.
16 Yes, wild dogs surround me– a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet.
- Job 30:11-122 verses75%
11 Because God has untied my tent cord and afflicted me, people throw off all restraint in my presence.
12 On my right the young rabble rise up; they drive me from place to place, and build up siege ramps against me.
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13 I cry out until morning; like a lion he shatters all my bones; you turn day into night and end my life.
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19 Before this I had been like a docile lamb ready to be led to the slaughter. I did not know they were making plans to kill me. I did not know they were saying,“Let’s destroy the tree along with its fruit! Let’s remove Jeremiah from the world of the living so people will not even be reminded of him any more.”
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6 know then that God has wronged me and encircled me with his net.
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17 he who crushes me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds for no reason.
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15 But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest.
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14 They come in as through a wide breach; amid the crash they come rolling in.
- Job 31:22-232 verses74%
22 then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let my arm be broken off at the socket.
23 For the calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his majesty I was powerless.
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6 He has made me a byword to people, I am the one in whose face they spit.
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19 He has flung me into the mud, and I have come to resemble dust and ashes.
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12 I am forgotten, like a dead man no one thinks about; I am regarded as worthless, like a broken jar.
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11 He puts my feet in shackles; he watches closely all my paths.’
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9 And that God would be willing to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and kill me.
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16 Indeed, God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
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16 Job’s Despondency“And now my soul pours itself out within me; days of suffering take hold of me.
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4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison; God’s sudden terrors are arrayed against me.
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8 I am numb with pain and severely battered; I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel.
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10 I hear many whispering words of intrigue against me. Those who would cause me terror are everywhere! They are saying,“Come on, let’s publicly denounce him!” All my so-called friends are just watching for something that would lead to my downfall. They say,“Perhaps he can be enticed into slipping up, so we can prevail over him and get our revenge on him.
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10 Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death!