Lamentations 3:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

he bent his bow and set me as a mark for his arrow.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

He hath bent his bow, and set me As a mark for the arrow.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

He has bent His bow and set me as a mark for the arrow.

American Standard Version (1901)

He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

Common English Bible

He drew back his bow, made me a shooting target for arrows.

Catholic Public Domain Version

DALETH. He has bent his bow, and he has positioned me like a target for his arrows.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Daleth. He hath bent his bow and set me as a mark for his arrows.

Lamentations 3:12 Cross References

Job 6:4

For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

Job 7:20

If I sin, what do I do to thee, thou watcher of men? Why hast thou made me thy mark? Why have I become a burden to thee?

Psalm 38:2

For thy arrows have sunk into me, and thy hand has come down on me.

Lamentations 2:4

He has bent his bow like an enemy, with his right hand set like a foe; and he has slain all the pride of our eyes in the tent of the daughter of Zion; he has poured out his fury like fire.