Lamentations 3:12
Strong's Lexicon
He bent
דָּרַ֤ךְ (dā·raḵ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1869: 1) to tread, bend, lead, march 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to tread, march, march forth 1a2) to tread on, tread upon 1a3) to tread (a press) 1a4) to tread (bend) a bow 1a5) archer, bow-benders (participle) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to tread, tread down 1b2) to tread (bend with the foot) a bow 1b3) to cause to go, lead, march, tread

His bow
קַשְׁתוֹ֙‪‬‪‬ (qaš·tōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7198: 1) bow 1a) bow (for hunting, battle) 1b) bowmen, archers 1c) bow (fig. of might) 1d) rainbow

and set me
וַיַּצִּיבֵ֔נִי (way·yaṣ·ṣî·ḇê·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5324: 1) to stand, take one's stand, stand upright, be set (over), establish 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to station oneself, take one's stand 1a2) to stand, be stationed 1a3) to stand, take an upright position 1a4) to be stationed, be appointed 1a5) deputy, prefect, appointed, deputed (subst) 1a6) to stand firm 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to station, set 1b2) to set up, erect 1b3) to cause to stand erect 1b4) to fix, establish 1c) (Hophal) to be fixed, be determined, be stationary

as the target
כַּמַּטָּרָ֖א (kam·maṭ·ṭā·rā)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4307: 1) guard, ward, prison, mark, target 1a) guard, ward, prison 1b) target, mark (fig. of chastisement)

for His arrow.
לַחֵֽץ׃ (la·ḥêṣ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2671: 1) arrow

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.

Young's Literal Translation
He hath trodden His bow, And setteth me up as a mark for an arrow.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He strung His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.

New American Standard Bible
He bent His bow And set me as a target for the arrow.

King James Bible
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrows.

New Living Translation
He has drawn his bow and made me the target for his arrows.

English Standard Version
he bent his bow and set me as a target for his arrow.

New American Standard Bible
He bent His bow And set me as a target for the arrow.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He strung His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.

International Standard Version
He bent his bow, aiming at me with his arrow.

NET Bible
He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrow.

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
He hath trodden His bow, And setteth me up as a mark for an arrow.
















Cross References
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.

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?

Job 16:12
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.

Psalm 7:12
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

Psalm 38:2
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

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 1:1
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!

Lamentations 3:11
He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

Lamentations 3:10
He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.

Lamentations 3:9
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

Lamentations 3:13
He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
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