Job 16:14

14 He breaks me with wound upon wound; He runs 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 has shattered me; He also has taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces; He has set me up for His target,

13 His archers surround me. He pierces my heart and does not pity; He pours out my gall on the ground.

14 He breaks me with wound upon wound; He runs at me like a warrior.

15 "I have sewn sackcloth over my skin, And laid my head in the dust.

16 My face is flushed from weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

Footnotes

• [a] Vulgate reads giant.