Parallel Verses
Amplified
He has bent His bow
And set me as a target for the arrow.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
Holman Bible
and set me as the target for His arrow.
International Standard Version
He bent his bow, aiming at me with his arrow.
A Conservative Version
He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
American Standard Version
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
Bible in Basic English
With his bow bent, he has made me the mark for his arrows.
Darby Translation
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
Julia Smith Translation
He bent his bow, he will set me up as a mark for the arrow.
King James 2000
He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He has bent his bow and set me as the target for the arrow.
Modern King James verseion
He has bent His bow and set me as a mark for the arrow.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He hath bent his bow, and made me as it were a mark to shoot at.
NET Bible
He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrow.
New Heart English Bible
He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
The Emphasized Bible
He hath trodden his bow, and set me up, as a mark for the arrow.
Webster
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
World English Bible
He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
Youngs Literal Translation
He hath trodden His bow, And setteth me up as a mark for an arrow.
Interlinear
Darak
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 3:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Affliction
11
He has turned aside my ways and torn me in pieces;
He has made me desolate.
He has bent His bow
And set me as a target for the arrow.
He has caused the arrows of His quiver
To enter my inner parts.
Names
Cross References
Job 7:20
“If I have sinned, what [harm] have I done to You,
O Watcher of mankind?
Why have You set me as a target for You,
So that I am a burden to myself?
Psalm 38:2
For Your arrows have sunk into me and penetrate deeply,
And Your hand has pressed down on me and greatly disciplined me.
Job 6:4
Because the arrows of the Almighty are within me,
My spirit drinks their poison;
The terrors of God are arrayed against me.
Psalm 7:12-13
If a man does not repent, God will sharpen His sword;
He has strung and bent His [mighty] bow and made it ready.
Lamentations 2:4
He has bent His bow like an enemy;
He has set His right hand like an adversary
And slain all that were delightful and pleasing to the eye;
In the tent of the Daughter of Zion
He has poured out His wrath like fire.
Job 16:12-13
“I was [living] at ease, but He crushed me and broke me apart,
And He has seized me by the neck and has shaken me to pieces;
He has also set me up as His target.