KJV King James Version
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
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Lamentations 3:12
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.
WEB World English Bible
He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
ASV American Standard Version
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
He hath trodden His bow, And setteth me up as a mark for an arrow.
Surrounding context — Lamentations 3
9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
10 He [was] unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, [and as] a lion in secret places.
11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
14 I was a derision to all my people; [and] their song all the day.
15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
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Psalm 38:2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.Job 7:20I 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 6:4For 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.Lamentations 2:4He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all [that were] pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.Psalm 7:12-13If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.Job 16:12-13I 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.
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