Job 16:14

14 He breached me {breach upon breach}; he rushes 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, then he broke me in two, and he seized [me] by my neck; then he shattered me and set me up as a target for him.

13 His archers surround me; he slashes open my kidneys, and he does not have compassion; he pours out my gall on the ground.

14 He breached me {breach upon breach}; he rushes at me like a warrior.

15 "I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and I have inserted {my pride} in the dust.

16 My face is red because of weeping, and deep shadows [are] on my eyelids,

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "breach upon [the] faces of breach"