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Job 16:14
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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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
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"When I speak up, I feel no better; if I say nothing, that doesn't help either. I feel worn down. God, you have wasted me totally—me and my family! You've shriveled me like a dried prune, showing the world that you're against me. My gaunt face stares back at me from the mirror, a mute witness to your treatment of me. Your anger tears at me, your teeth rip me to shreds, your eyes burn holes in me—God, my enemy! People take one look at me and gasp. Contemptuous, they slap me around and gang up against me. And God just stands there and lets them do it, lets wicked people do what they want with me. I was contentedly minding my business when God beat me up. He grabbed me by the neck and threw me around. He set me up as his target, then rounded up archers to shoot at me. Merciless, they shot me full of arrows; bitter bile poured from my gut to the ground. He burst in on me, onslaught after onslaught, charging me like a mad bull. 15"I sewed myself a shroud and wore it like a shirt; I lay facedown in the dirt. Now my face is blotched red from weeping; look at the dark shadows under my eyes, Even though I've never hurt a soul and my prayers are sincere!
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 21:31
That's how the place got named Beersheba (the Oath-Well), because the two of them swore a covenant oath there. After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and his commander, Phicol, left and went back to Philistine territory.
That's how the place got named Beersheba (the Oath-Well), because the two of them swore a covenant oath there. After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and his commander, Phicol, left and went back to Philistine territory.
Genesis 24:62
Isaac was living in the Negev. He had just come back from a visit to Beer Lahai Roi. In the evening he went out into the field; while meditating he looked up and saw camels coming. When Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she got down from her camel and asked the servant, "Who is that man out in the field coming toward us?" "That is my master." She took her veil and covered herself.
Isaac was living in the Negev. He had just come back from a visit to Beer Lahai Roi. In the evening he went out into the field; while meditating he looked up and saw camels coming. When Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she got down from her camel and asked the servant, "Who is that man out in the field coming toward us?" "That is my master." She took her veil and covered herself.
Numbers 13:26
They presented themselves before Moses and Aaron and the whole congregation of the People of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They reported to the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land. Then they told the story of their trip: "We went to the land to which you sent us and, oh! It does flow with milk and honey! Just look at this fruit! The only thing is that the people who live there are fierce, their cities are huge and well fortified. Worse yet, we saw descendants of the giant Anak. Amalekites are spread out in the Negev; Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites hold the hill country; and the Canaanites are established on the Mediterranean Sea and along the Jordan." Caleb interrupted, called for silence before Moses and said, "Let's go up and take the land—now. We can do it." But the others said, "We can't attack those people; they're way stronger than we are." They spread scary rumors among the People of Israel. They said, "We scouted out the land from one end to the other—it's a land that swallows people whole. Everybody we saw was huge. Why, we even saw the Nephilim giants (the Anak giants come from the Nephilim). Alongside them we felt like grasshoppers. And they looked down on us as if we were grasshoppers."
They presented themselves before Moses and Aaron and the whole congregation of the People of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They reported to the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land. Then they told the story of their trip: "We went to the land to which you sent us and, oh! It does flow with milk and honey! Just look at this fruit! The only thing is that the people who live there are fierce, their cities are huge and well fortified. Worse yet, we saw descendants of the giant Anak. Amalekites are spread out in the Negev; Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites hold the hill country; and the Canaanites are established on the Mediterranean Sea and along the Jordan." Caleb interrupted, called for silence before Moses and said, "Let's go up and take the land—now. We can do it." But the others said, "We can't attack those people; they're way stronger than we are." They spread scary rumors among the People of Israel. They said, "We scouted out the land from one end to the other—it's a land that swallows people whole. Everybody we saw was huge. Why, we even saw the Nephilim giants (the Anak giants come from the Nephilim). Alongside them we felt like grasshoppers. And they looked down on us as if we were grasshoppers."
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.
