Job 16:14

14 He inflicts wound after wound on me. He lunges at me like a warrior.

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, and he shattered me. He grabbed me by the back of the neck and smashed [my skull]. He set me up as his target,

13 and his archers surrounded me. He slashes open my kidneys without mercy and spills my blood on the ground.

14 He inflicts wound after wound on me. He lunges at me like a warrior.

15 "I have sewn sackcloth over my skin, and I have thrown my strength in the dust.

16 My face is red from crying, and dark shadows encircle my eyes,