NET Bible
"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;"
— Job 16:12, NET Bible
“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.”
“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. ”
“I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his target.”
“God hath shut me up with the unjust man, and hath delivered me into the hands of the wicked.”
“I was in comfort, but I have been broken up by his hands; he has taken me by the neck, shaking me to bits; he has put me up as a mark for his arrows.”
“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 anger has torn me and persecuted me; he has gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary locks his eyes on me.
People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.
God abandons me to evil men, and throws me into the hands of wicked men.
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;
his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground.
He breaks through against me, time and time again; he rushes against me like a warrior.
I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and buried my horn in the dust;