Job 16:14

14 He breaks through my defenses again and again;^[a] He charges at me like a warrior.^[b]

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 at ease, but He shattered me; He seized [me] by the scruff of the neck and smashed me to pieces. He set me up as His target;

13 His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and pours my bile on the ground.

14 He breaks through my defenses again and again; He charges at me like a warrior.

15 I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my strength in the dust.

16 My face has grown red with weeping, and the shadow of death covers my eyes,

Footnotes

• [a] Lit through me, breach on breach
• [b] Jb 15:26; Jl 2:7