Job 16:12
The Message: The Bible in Contemporary LanguageOther versions
English
- MSG The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language
- DARBY 1890 Darby Bible
- ASV American Standard Version
- AV 1873 The Cambridge Paragraph Bible of the Authorized English Version
- CSB Christian Standard Bible
- D-R Douay-Rheims Bible
- ESV English Standard Version
- GW GOD’S WORD Translation
- GNB Good News Translation
- HCSB The Holman Christian Standard Bible
- KJV 1900 King James Version
- LSB Legacy Standard Bible
- LEB The Lexham English Bible
- NET The NET Bible
- NASB95 New American Standard Bible (1995)
- NCV New Century Version
- NIrV New International Reader’s Version (1998)
- NIV New International Version (2011)
- NKJV The New King James Version
- NLT New Living Translation
- NRSVue New Revised Standard Version: Updated Edition
- RSV The Revised Standard Version
- RSVCE The Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition
- TNIV Today’s New International Version
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Arabic
Czech
French
German
Hebrew
Hungarian
Italian
Korean
Latin
Portuguese
Russian
Simplified Chinese
Spanish
Traditional Chinese
I was contentedly minding my business when God beat me up.
He grabbed me by the neck and threw me around.
He set me up as his target,
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
In other versions
ESVEnglish Standard Version
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 target;
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
All was well with me, but he shattered me;
he seized me by the neck and crushed me.
He has made me his target;
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
CSBChristian Standard Bible
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;
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
“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,
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
“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.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
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.
Public Domain