Job 16:12 - Exposition

I was at ease (compare the picture drawn in Job 1:1-5 ). Job had been "at ease," tranquil, prosperous, happy. He had been almost without a care, when suddenly "trouble came." But he hath broken me asunder ; rather, he brake me asunder (see the Revised Version). In the midst of his ease and tranquillity, God suddenly poured out his chastisements, and "brake Job asunder," i.e. destroyed his life, ruined it and broke it down. He hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces ; or, dashed me to pieces. And set me up for his mark ; i.e. as a target for his arrows (comp. Deuteronomy 32:23 ; Job 6:4 ; Psalms 7:13 ; Psalms 38:2 , etc.; Lamentations 3:12 ).