KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Lamentations 3:12–13
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Lamentations 3:12
12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a marke for the arrow.
Lamentations 3:13
13He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
13†Hee hath caused the arrowes of his quiuer to enter into my reines.
- Heb. sons.
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DEFINED WORDS
Lamentations 3:12
Curved, bowed, or drawn; also firmly inclined or purposed.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
An inclination of the head, or a bending of the body, in token of reverence, respect, civility, or submission.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To place, fix, appoint, establish, or prescribe; also fixed or determined.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A visible sign or impression; as a verb, to notice, designate, or set a sign upon.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A comparison or symbol figured as an arrow; its specific force is stated by the verse.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Lamentations 3:13
Produced; effected; brought about.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Pointed missiles shot from bows; figuratively, instruments or images of attack, judgment, pain, or sudden force, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A case or sheath for arrows.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To go or come in; to penetrate; to become an ingredient or constituent part; to enter the mind.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The kidneys; figuratively, the innermost thoughts, affections, or feelings.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 12
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Open the full verse study2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
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Open the full verse study20I 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?
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Open the full verse study4For 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.
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Open the full verse study4He 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.
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Open the full verse study12If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
13He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
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Open the full verse study12I 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.
13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
From verse 13
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Open the full verse study4For 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.
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Open the full verse study23I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
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Open the full verse study28The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
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