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Job 16:12

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16:12I was in peace, and he has shattered me.32

He has seized me by the neck and crushed me.33

He has made me his target;

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Footnotes

  1. 32 The verb פָּרַר (parar) means “to shake.” In the Hiphil it means “to break; to shatter” (5:12; 15:4). The Pilpel means “to break in pieces,” and in the Poel in Jer 23:29 “to smash up.” So Job was living at ease, and God shattered his life.
  2. 33 Here is another Pilpel, now from פָּצַץ (patsats) with a similar meaning to the other verb. It means “to dash into pieces” and even scatter the pieces. The translates this line, “he took me by the hair of the head and plucked it out.”

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;

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;

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;

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,

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.

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.