Job 16:14

14 He wounds me again and again; he attacks like a soldier gone mad with hate.

Job 16:14 Meaning and Commentary

Job 16:14

He breaketh me with breach upon breach
Upon his substance, his family, and the health of his body, which came thick and fast, one after another; referring to the report of those things brought by one messenger upon the back of another, see ( Ezekiel 7:26 ) ;

he runneth upon me like a giant;
with great fury and fierceness, with great strength and courage, with great speed and swiftness, causing great terror and distress; he not being able to resist him, any more than a dwarf a giant, and no more, nor so much, a match for him; see ( Isaiah 42:13 ) .

Job 16:14 In-Context

12 I was living in peace, but God took me by the throat and battered me and crushed me. God uses me for target practice

13 and shoots arrows at me from every side - arrows that pierce and wound me; and even then he shows no pity.

14 He wounds me again and again; he attacks like a soldier gone mad with hate.

15 I mourn and wear clothes made of sackcloth, and I sit here in the dust defeated.

16 I have cried until my face is red, and my eyes are swollen and circled with shadows,