KJV: I 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.
YLT: At ease I have been, and he breaketh me, And he hath laid hold on my neck, And he breaketh me in pieces, And he raiseth me to him for a mark.
Darby: I was at rest, but he hath shattered me; he hath taken me by the neck and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
ASV: I was at ease, and he brake me asunder; Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces: He hath also set me up for his mark.
שָׁ֘לֵ֤ו | At ease |
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular Root: שָׁלֵו Sense: quiet, at ease, prosperous. |
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הָיִ֨יתִי ׀ | I was |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out. |
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וַֽיְפַרְפְּרֵ֗נִי | but He has shattered me |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular, first person common singular Root: פָּרַר Sense: to break, frustrate. |
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וְאָחַ֣ז | and He has taken [me] |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָחוּז Sense: grasp, take hold, seize, take possession. |
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בְּ֭עָרְפִּי | by my neck |
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular Root: עֹרֶף Sense: neck, back of the neck, back. |
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וַֽיְפַצְפְּצֵ֑נִי | and shaken me to pieces |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular, first person common singular Root: פּוּץ Sense: to scatter, be dispersed, be scattered. |
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וַיְקִימֵ֥נִי | and He has set me up |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular, first person common singular Root: קוּם Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up. |
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ל֝֗וֹ | for His |
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular |
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לְמַטָּרָֽה | target |
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular Root: מַטָּרָה Sense: guard, ward, prison, mark, target. |