Job 16:12
Job · Old Testament · Chapter 16
“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.”Job 16:12
What Does Job 16:12 Mean?
Job 16:12 is found in the book of Job, chapter 16, verse 12 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Job 16:12 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Job 7:20“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?”Lamentations 3:11“He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.”Job 6:4“For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.”Lamentations 3:4“My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.”Job 9:17“For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.”Psalms 21:12“Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.”Psalms 44:19“Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.”Job 4:10“The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.”Job 7:12“Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?”Job 15:26“He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:”Job 29:3“When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;”Job 29:18“Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.”Psalms 88:17“They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.”Isaiah 30:32“And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.”Isaiah 38:13“I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.”Lamentations 2:4“He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.”Lamentations 3:12“He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.”Ezekiel 29:7“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.”Matthew 21:44“And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.”Romans 16:4“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.”
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