Job 16:12 Cross References - BSB

¹² I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;

² He had seven sons and three daughters, ³ and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.

²⁶ I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”

¹⁰ The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.

¹² Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?

²⁰ If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?

¹⁷ For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.

²⁶ rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.

³ when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,

¹⁸ So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand. ¹⁹ My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.

¹⁹ But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.

⁴ He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.

¹¹ He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help. ¹² He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.

⁷ When Israel took hold of you with their hands, you splintered, tearing all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke, and their backs were wrenched.

⁴⁴ He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

⁴ who have risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.