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Lamentations 3:12

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— He bent His bow And set me as a target for the arrow.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— He hath trodden his bow, and set me up, as a mark for the arrow.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— He hath trodden His bow, And setteth me up as a mark for an arrow.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Daleth. He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for his arrows.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— He hath bent his bow ? made me a marke for the arrow.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— He hath bent his bow, and set me as a marke for the arrow.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— He has bent his bow, and set me up as a mark for the arrow.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— HE. He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
He hath bent 1869
{1869} Prime
דָּרַךְ
darak
{daw-rak'}
A primitive root; to tread; by implication to walk; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending).
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
his bow, 7198
{7198} Prime
קֶשֶׁת
qesheth
{keh'-sheth}
From H7185 in the original sense (of H6983) of bending; a bow, for shooting (hence figuratively strength) or the iris.
and set 5324
{5324} Prime
נָצַב
natsab
{naw-tsab'}
A primitive root; to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively).
z8686
<8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 4046
me as a mark 4307
{4307} Prime
מַטָּרָא
mattara'
{mat-taw-raw'}
From H5201; a jail (as a guard house); also an aim (as being closely watched).
for the arrow. 2671
{2671} Prime
חֵץ
chets
{khayts}
From H2686; properly a piercer, that is, an arrow; by implication a wound; figuratively (of God) thunder bolt; (by interchange for H6086) the shaft of a spear.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Lamentations 3:10-13.


Lamentations 3:12

_ _ (Job 7:20).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Lamentations 3:1-20.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
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. ... His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
Psalms 7:12-13 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. ... He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
Psalms 38:2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
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Jb 6:4; 7:20; 16:12. Ps 7:12; 38:2.

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