Job 16:14

14 "He ¹breaks through me with breach after * breach; He ²runs 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, but He shattered me, And He has grasped me by the neck and shaken me to pieces; He has also set me up as His target.

13 "His arrows surround me. Without mercy He splits my kidneys open; He pours out my gall on the ground.

14 "He breaks through me with breach after breach; He runs at me like a warrior.

15 "I have sewed sackcloth over my skin And thrust my horn in the dust.

16 "My face is flushed from weeping, And deep darkness is on my eyelids,

Cross References

• 1. Job 9:17
• 2. Joel 2:7