Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
He has bent his bow and set me as the 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.
Amplified
He has bent His bow
And set me as a target 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.
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 forsaken my way and torn me to pieces; he has caused me desolation. 12 He has bent his bow and set me as the target for the arrow. 13 He shot {the arrows of his quiver} into my kidneys.
Names
Cross References
Job 7:20
[If] I have sinned, what have I done to you, watcher of humanity? Why have you made me as a target for yourself, so that I have become a burden to myself?
Psalm 38:2
For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has pressed down on me.
Job 6:4
for the arrows of Shaddai [are] in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
Psalm 7:12-13
If he does not repent, he will sharpen his sword. He has bent his bow and he has {strung} it.
Lamentations 2:4
He has bent his bow like an enemy; he has set his right hand like a foe, and he has slain all [the] treasures of [the] eye; in the tent of the daughter of Zion, he has poured out his anger like fire.
Job 16:12-13
"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.