New English Translation
Job 16:14
14He breaks through against me, time and time again; he rushes against me like a warrior.
Job 16:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
- New International Version (NIV)Again and again he bursts upon me; he rushes at me like a warrior.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He breaks me with breach upon breach; he runs upon me like a warrior.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He breaks me with wound upon wound; He runs at me like a warrior.
Context of Job 16:14
12I was in peace, and he has shattered me. He has seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target; 13his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground. He breaks through against me, time and time again; he rushes against me like a warrior. 15I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and buried my horn in the dust; 16my face is reddened because of weeping, and on my eyelids there is a deep darkness,
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יִפְרְצֵ֣נִי פֶ֭רֶץ עַל־פְּנֵי־פָ֑רֶץ יָרֻ֖ץ עָלַ֣י כְּגִבּֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 16:14
- Lamentations 3:3He repeatedly attacks me, he turns his hand against me all day long. ב (Bet)
- Judges 15:8He struck them down and defeated them. Then he went down and lived for a time in the cave in the cliff of Etam.
- Psalms 42:7One deep stream calls out to another at the sound of your waterfalls; all your billows and waves overwhelm me.
Commentaries on Job 16:14
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14He breaketh me - He crushes me. With breach upon breach - He renews and repeats the attack, and thus completely overwhelms me. One blow follows another in such quick succession, that he does not give me time to recover. He runneth upon me like a giant - With great and irresistible force - as some strong and mighty warrior whom his adversary cannot resist. The Hebrew is גבור gı̂bbôr - “a mighty one.” Septuagint, “The mighty - ́ dunamenoi - run upon me.”…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-16Verses 6-16 Here is a doleful representation of Job's grievances. What reason we have to bless God, that we are not making such complaints! Even good men, when in great troubles, have much ado not to entertain hard thoughts of God. Eliphaz had represented Job as unhumbled under his affliction: No, says Job, I know better things; the dust is now the fittest place for me. In this he reminds us of Christ, who was a man of sorrows, and pronounced those…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14He breaks me with wound upon wound: Job imagines himself as a defensive military station with God attacking. Job regarded God as a warrior who neither defended nor saved him (see Exodus 15:3; Psalm 24:8; see Jeremiah 20:11; Zephaniah 3:17). Instead, God attacked him as if he were a threat (see Job 6:12; Isaiah 42:13).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. The image is from storming a fortress by making breaches in the walls (2Ki 14:13). a giant--a mighty warrior.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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