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Job 16:12

12  I was at ease, and he broke me apart;

he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces;

he set me up as his rtarget;

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Job 16:12 — The New International Version (NIV)

12 All was well with me, but he shattered me;

he seized me by the neck and crushed me.

He has made me his target;

Job 16:12 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

12 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.

Job 16:12 — New Living Translation (NLT)

12 “I was living quietly until he shattered me.

He took me by the neck and broke me in pieces.

Then he set me up as his target,

Job 16:12 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

12 I was at ease, but He has shattered me;

He also has taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces;

He has set me up for His target,

Job 16:12 — New Century Version (NCV)

12 Everything was fine with me,

but God broke me into pieces;

he held me by the neck and crushed me.

He has made me his target;

Job 16:12 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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.

Job 16:12 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

12 I was at rest, but he hath shattered me; he hath taken me by the neck and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

Job 16:12 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

12 I was at ease, and he shattered me. 

He grabbed me by the back of the neck and smashed ⸤my skull⸥. 

He set me up as his target, 

Job 16:12 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

12 I was at ease, but He shattered me;

He seized me by the scruff of the neck

and smashed me to pieces.

He set me up as His target;

Job 16:12 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

12 I was at ease, and he broke me in two;

he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces;

he set me up as his target;

Job 16:12 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

12 “I was at ease, then he broke me in two,

and he seized me by my neck;

then he shattered me

and set me up as a target for him.

Job 16:12 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

12 Everything was going well with me.

But he broke me into pieces like a clay pot.

He grabbed me by the neck and crushed me.

He has taken aim at me.

Job 16:12 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

12 “I was at ease, but He shattered me,

And He has grasped me by the neck and shaken me to pieces;

He has also set me up as His target.


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