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Friday, August 1st, 2025
the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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JPS Old Testament
Job 16:14
He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant.
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Christian Standard Bible®
He breaks through my defenses again and again;he charges at me like a warrior.
He breaks through my defenses again and again;he charges at me like a warrior.
Hebrew Names Version
He breaks me with breach on breach. He runs on me like a Rafa.
He breaks me with breach on breach. He runs on me like a Rafa.
King James Version
He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
English Standard Version
He breaks me with breach upon breach; he runs upon me like a warrior.
He breaks me with breach upon breach; he runs upon me like a warrior.
New Century Version
Again and again God attacks me; he runs at me like a soldier.
Again and again God attacks me; he runs at me like a soldier.
New English Translation
He breaks through against me, time and time again; he rushes against me like a warrior.
He breaks through against me, time and time again; he rushes against me like a warrior.
Amplified Bible
"He attacks me, making wound after wound; He runs at me like a warrior.
"He attacks me, making wound after wound; He runs at me like a warrior.
New American Standard Bible
"He breaks through me with breach after breach; He runs at me like a warrior.
"He breaks through me with breach after breach; He runs at me like a warrior.
World English Bible
He breaks me with breach on breach. He runs on me like a giant.
He breaks me with breach on breach. He runs on me like a giant.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He hath broken me with one breaking vpon another, and runneth vpon me like a gyant.
He hath broken me with one breaking vpon another, and runneth vpon me like a gyant.
Legacy Standard Bible
He breaks through me with breach after breach;He runs at me like a warrior.
He breaks through me with breach after breach;He runs at me like a warrior.
Berean Standard Bible
He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a warrior.
He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a warrior.
Contemporary English Version
God never stops attacking,
God never stops attacking,
Complete Jewish Bible
He breaks in on me again and again, attacking me like a warrior.
He breaks in on me again and again, attacking me like a warrior.
Darby Translation
He breaketh me with breach upon breach; he runneth upon me like a mighty man.
He breaketh me with breach upon breach; he runneth upon me like a mighty man.
Easy-to-Read Version
Again and again he attacks me. He runs at me like a soldier in battle.
Again and again he attacks me. He runs at me like a soldier in battle.
George Lamsa Translation
He breaks me with breach upon breach; he runs against me like a giant.
He breaks me with breach upon breach; he runs against me like a giant.
Good News Translation
He wounds me again and again; he attacks like a soldier gone mad with hate.
He wounds me again and again; he attacks like a soldier gone mad with hate.
Lexham English Bible
He breached me breach upon breach; he rushes at me like a warrior.
He breached me breach upon breach; he rushes at me like a warrior.
Literal Translation
He breaks me with break on top of break; He runs on me like a warrior.
He breaks me with break on top of break; He runs on me like a warrior.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He hath geue me one wounde vpon another, and is falle vpon me like a giaunte.
He hath geue me one wounde vpon another, and is falle vpon me like a giaunte.
American Standard Version
He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant.
He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant.
Bible in Basic English
I am broken with wound after wound; he comes rushing on me like a man of war.
I am broken with wound after wound; he comes rushing on me like a man of war.
King James Version (1611)
He breaketh me with breach vpon breach, he runneth vpon me like a giant.
He breaketh me with breach vpon breach, he runneth vpon me like a giant.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He hath geuen me one wounde vpon an other, and is fallen vpon me lyke a giaunt.
He hath geuen me one wounde vpon an other, and is fallen vpon me lyke a giaunt.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
They surrounded me with spears, aiming at my reins: without sparing me they poured out my gall upon the ground.
They surrounded me with spears, aiming at my reins: without sparing me they poured out my gall upon the ground.
English Revised Version
He breaketh me with breach upon breach; he runneth upon me like a giant.
He breaketh me with breach upon breach; he runneth upon me like a giant.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He beet me with wounde on wounde; he as a giaunt felde in on me.
He beet me with wounde on wounde; he as a giaunt felde in on me.
Update Bible Version
He breaks me with breach on breach; He runs on me like a giant.
He breaks me with breach on breach; He runs on me like a giant.
Webster's Bible Translation
He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
New King James Version
He breaks me with wound upon wound;He runs at me like a warrior. [fn]
He breaks me with wound upon wound;He runs at me like a warrior. [fn]
New Living Translation
Again and again he smashes against me, charging at me like a warrior.
Again and again he smashes against me, charging at me like a warrior.
New Life Bible
He hurts me again and again. He runs at me like a man of war.
He hurts me again and again. He runs at me like a man of war.
New Revised Standard
He bursts upon me again and again; he rushes at me like a warrior.
He bursts upon me again and again; he rushes at me like a warrior.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He made a breach in me, breach upon breach, He ran upon me, like a mighty man.
He made a breach in me, breach upon breach, He ran upon me, like a mighty man.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(16-15) He hath torn me with wound upon wound, he hath rushed in upon me like a giant.
(16-15) He hath torn me with wound upon wound, he hath rushed in upon me like a giant.
Revised Standard Version
He breaks me with breach upon breach; he runs upon me like a warrior.
He breaks me with breach upon breach; he runs upon me like a warrior.
Young's Literal Translation
He breaketh me -- breach upon breach, He runneth upon me as a mighty one.
He breaketh me -- breach upon breach, He runneth upon me as a mighty one.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"He breaks through me with breach after breach; He runs at me like a warrior.
"He breaks through me with breach after breach; He runs at me like a warrior.
Contextual Overview
6 Though I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and though I forbear, what am I eased? 7 But now He hath made me weary; Thou hast made desolate all my company. 8 And Thou hast shrivelled me up, which is a witness against me; and my leanness riseth up against me, it testifieth to my face. 9 He hath torn me in His wrath, and hated me; He hath gnashed upon me with His teeth; mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me. 10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek scornfully; they gather themselves together against me. 11 God delivereth me to the ungodly, and casteth me into the hands of the wicked. 12 I was at ease, and He broke me asunder; yea, He hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces; 13 His archers compass me round about, He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; 14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant. 15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my horn in the dust.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
breaketh: Lamentations 3:3-5
runneth: Judges 15:8, Psalms 42:7
Reciprocal: Job 1:18 - there came Job 9:17 - For he Job 19:22 - persecute Jeremiah 17:18 - destroy them with double destruction
Cross-References
Genesis 14:7
And they turned back, and came to En-mishpat--the same is Kadesh--and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar.
And they turned back, and came to En-mishpat--the same is Kadesh--and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar.
Genesis 21:31
Wherefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there they swore both of them.
Wherefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there they swore both of them.
Genesis 24:62
And Isaac came from the way of Beer-lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the land of the South.
And Isaac came from the way of Beer-lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the land of the South.
Genesis 25:11
And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac his son; and Isaac dwelt by Beer-lahai-roi.
And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac his son; and Isaac dwelt by Beer-lahai-roi.
Numbers 13:26
And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
He 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 - δυνάμενοι dunamenoi - run upon me.” Vulgate, “gigas” - a giant.
