Lamentations 3:12 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
He hath trodden His bow, And setteth me up as a mark for an arrow.
English ASV
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
English Amplified
He has bent His bow and set me as a mark for the arrow.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
He has bent His bow and set me as a mark for the arrow.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
He strung his bow and set me as the target for his arrow.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
English EASY 2024
He is like a soldier who is ready to shoot his arrows. I am the one that he wants to hit!
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
He made his bow ready. He made me the target for his arrows.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
he bent his bow and set me as a target for his arrow.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrows.
English God's Word - GW 1995
He has drawn his bow and made me the target for his arrows.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.
English KJV 1611
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
English LSB
He bent His bow And set me as a target for the arrow.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
He has bent His bow and set me as a target for the arrow.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
He bent His bow And set me as a target for the arrow.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
He bent his bow, and set me up as the target for his arrow.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrow. ה ( He )
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
He has gotten his bow ready to use. He has shot his arrows at me.
English NIV
He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrows.
English NKJ 1982
He has bent His bow And set me up as a target for the arrow.
English NLT
He bent his bow and aimed it squarely at me.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
he bent his bow and set me as a mark for his arrow.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
He has drawn back his bowstring and used me as a target for his arrows.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
he bent his bow and set me as a mark for his arrow.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
He has bent his bow and aimed it squarely at me,
English Tyndale 1537
He hath bent his bow, and made me as it were a mark to shoot at.