Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
I was at ease - I was in a state of happiness and security. The word used here ( ׁ shâlêv ) means sometimes to be "at ease" in an improper sense; that is, to be in a state of "carnal security," or living unconcerned in sin (Ezekiel 23:42; compare Proverbs 1:32); but here it is used in the sense of comfort. He had everything desirable around him.
But he hath broken me asunder - He has crushed me.
He hath also taken, me by my neck - Perhaps as an animal does his prey. We have all seen dogs seize upon their prey in this manner.
And set me up for his mark - Changing the figure, and saying that God had directed his arrows against him; so Jeremiah, Lamentations 3:12 :
He hath bent his bow,
And set me as a mark for the arrow.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Job 16:12:
Ezekiel 13:5
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