Job 16:12
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. 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.
The book of Job presents the problems of providence, sin, and suffering, including the cause and purpose of human suffering. The verse belongs to Job's reply to his friends within their discussions, in which he protests his innocence and describes his suffering. Job is an upright man who had been at ease before undergoing a trial in which God disciplined him through affliction. His friends wrongly claimed that his suffering proved he had sinned, misapplying general claims about suffering to his case.
He is depicted as having been at ease before he was suddenly broken asunder, seized by the neck and shaken to pieces, and set up as a mark or target for attack. The verse forms part of a portrait of bitter trials, including loss and suffering, that may come upon the faithful. Its record is for the instruction of those facing hardship in the last days.