Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Lamentations 3:12 in English Standard Version "he bent his bow and set me as a target for his arrow." Job 16:12 I was at ease, and he broke me apart; he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces; he set me up as his target; La 2:4 He has bent his bow like an enemy, with his right hand set like a foe; and he has killed all who were delightful in our eyes in the tent of the daughter of Zion; he has poured out his fury like fire.