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Lamentations 3:12

Lamentations chapter 3 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

Context

v.11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.

v.12This passage

v.13He hath caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 7:12

    If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready;

  • Job 7:20

    If I have sinned, what do I unto thee, O thou watcher of men? Why hast thou set me as a mark for thee, So that I am a burden to myself?

  • Psalms 38:2

    For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.

  • Job 16:12

    I was at ease, and he brake me asunder; Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces: He hath also set me up for his mark.

  • Lamentations 2:4

    He hath bent his bow like an enemy, he hath stood with his right hand as an adversary, And hath slain all that were pleasant to the eye: In the tent of the daughter of Zion he hath poured out his wrath like fire.

  • Job 6:4

    For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.