Job 16:12
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
שָׁבַר
shâbar
to burst (literally or figuratively)
גָּדַע
gâdaʻ
to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
צַוָּאר
tsavvâʼr
the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound)
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Key Terms in This Verse
יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →Cross References
I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.
He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
Welcome to LOGOS Study
Your complete Bible study toolkit