King James Version

Lamentations 3:12

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

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דָּרַ֤ךְdarakhtreadדָּרַךְverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “tread”, a completed actionH1869to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string abow (by treading on it in bending)archer, bend, come, draw, go (over), guide, lead (forth), thresh, tread (down), walk.קַשְׁתוֹ֙qashtvobowקֶשֶׁתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bow”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7198a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris[idiom] arch(-er), [phrase] arrow, bow(-man, -shot).וַיַּצִּיבֵ֔נִיvayatsiveniand appointedנָצַבconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and appointed”, the next action in the storyH5324to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)appointed, deputy, erect, establish, [idiom] Huzzah (by mistake for a proper name), lay, officer, pillar, present, rear up, set (over, up), settle, sharpen, establish, (make to) stand(-ing, still, up, upright), best state.כַּמַּטָּרָ֖אkamataraas markמַטָּרָאpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “as mark”, the ordinary formH4307a jail (as a guard-house); also an aim (as being closely watched)mark, prison.לַחֵֽץlachetsto arrowחֵץpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to arrow”, the ordinary formH2671properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear[phrase] archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Η. Ἐνέτεινε τόξον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐστήλωσέ με ὡς σκοπὸν εἰς βέλος.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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