He runneth upon him with a stiff neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers:
Job 16:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 I was at ease, and he brake me asunder; Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces: He hath also set me up for his mark. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I was living at ease, but [Satan] crushed me and broke me apart; yes, he seized me by the neck and dashed me in pieces; then he set me up for his target. American Standard Version (1901) I was at ease, and he brake me asunder; Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces: He hath also set me up for his mark. Common English Bible I was at rest, but he shattered me, seized me by the back of my neck, dashed me into pieces; he raised me up for his target. Catholic Public Domain Version God has confined me with the immoral, and he has delivered me into the hands of the impious. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version God hath shut me up with the unjust man: and hath delivered me into the hands of the wicked. |
He runneth upon him with a stiff neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers:
God delivereth me to the ungodly, And casteth me into the hands of the wicked.
When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness;
I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; But trouble cometh.
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions, are broken
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
If I have sinned, what do I unto thee, O thou watcher of men? Why hast thou set me as a mark for thee, So that I am a burden to myself?
For he breaketh me with a tempest, And multiplieth my wounds without cause.
That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and didst rend all their shoulders: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.
And he that falleth on this stone shall be broken to pieces: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.
who for my life laid down their own necks; unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles: