Job 16:14
12 I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;
13 His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.
He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior.
15 I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.
16 My face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes;
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior.
- KJV
- He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
- WEB
- He breaks me with breach on breach. He runs at me like a giant.
- ASV
- He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant.
- DARBY
- He breaketh me with breach upon breach; he runneth upon me like a mighty man.
- BLB
- He breaches me, breach upon face of the breach; He runs upon me like a warrior.
- ÅB
- Han rev i meg rift på rift; han stormet mot meg som en kjempe.
- OTB
- Han bryter gjennom meg brudd på brudd;
han stormer mot meg som en kriger. - B1930
- Han rev i mig rift på rift; han stormet mot mig som en kjempe.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 9:17
For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.
Read in contextJoel 2:7
They charge like mighty men; they scale the walls like men of war. Each one marches in formation, not swerving from the course.
Read in contextJudges 15:8
And he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.
Read in contextLamentations 3:3–5
Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.
Read in contextPsalms 42:7
Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.
Read in context