Job 16:14

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

12“I was living quietly until he shattered me. He took me by the neck and broke me in pieces. Then he set me up as his target, 13and now his archers surround me. His arrows pierce me without mercy. The ground is wet with my blood. Again and again he smashes against me, charging at me like a warrior. 15I wear burlap to show my grief. My pride lies in the dust. 16My eyes are red with weeping; dark shadows circle my eyes.

Job 16:14 word by word

יִפְרְצֵ֣נִי פֶ֭רֶץ עַל־פְּנֵי־פָ֑רֶץ יָרֻ֖ץ עָלַ֣י כְּגִבּֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He breakethפָּרַץpârats · to break throughH6555
• me with breachפֶּ֫רֶץperets · breachH6556
• uponפָּנֶהpânîym · face ofH6440
• he runnethרוּץrûts · to run: runH7323
• upon me like a giantגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368

Cross-references for Job 16:14

• Lamentations 3:3He has turned his hand against me again and again, all day long.
• Judges 15:8So he attacked the Philistines with great fury and killed many of them. Then he went to live in a cave in the rock of Etam.
• Psalms 42:7I hear the tumult of the raging seas as your waves and surging tides sweep over 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

Topics related to Job 16:14

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Blasphemy

In the dictionaries

• Comforter
• Foul
• Giants
• Plead
• Scorn
• Bildad
• Breach

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