Job 16:14

14 Again and again he bursts upon me; he rushes at me like a warrior.

Job 16:14 in Other Translations

14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.

14 He breaks me with breach upon breach; he runs upon me like a warrior.

14 Again and again he smashes against me, charging at me like a warrior.

14 He burst in on me, onslaught after onslaught, charging me like a mad bull.

14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant.

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

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

14 He smashes through me as if I were a wall. He rushes at me like a fighting man.

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 All was well with me, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;

13 his archers surround me. Without pity, he pierces my kidneys and spills my gall on the ground.

14 Again and again he bursts upon me; he rushes at me like a warrior.

15 “I have sewed sackcloth over my skin and buried my brow in the dust.

16 My face is red with weeping, dark shadows ring my eyes;

Cross References

• 1. Job 9:17
• 2. S Job 10:3; Joel 2:7