New American Standard Bible 1995

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Lamentations

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He bent His bow And set me as a target for the arrow.

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Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
He bent to tread, march Verb H1869 דָּרַ֤ךְ da·rach
His bow a bow Noun H7198 קַשְׁתֹּו֙ kash·tov
And set to take one's stand, stand Verb H5324 וַיַּצִּיבֵ֔נִי vai·ya·tzi·ve·ni,
me as a target a guard, ward, prison, target, mark Noun H4307 כַּמַּטָּרָ֖א kam·mat·ta·ra
for the arrow. arrow Noun H2671 לַחֵֽץ׃ la·chetz.

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Mark

Mark  the evangelist; "John whose surname was Mark" ( Acts 12:12  Acts 12:25 ). Mark (Marcus,  Colossians 4:10 , etc.) was his Roman name, which gradually came to supersede his Jewish name John. He is called John in  Acts 13:5  Acts 13:13 , and Mark in 15:39,2Tim  4:11 , etc.  He was the son of Mary, a woman apparently of some means and influence, and was p... View Details

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New American Standard Bible 1995 He bent His bow And set me as a target for the arrow.
King James Bible He hath bent His bow And his bow, and set me as a target mark for the arrow.
Hebrew Greek English He bent His bow And set me as a target for the arrow.