Job 16:14
I am broken with wound after wound; he comes rushing on me like a man of war.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
In Context
15I have made haircloth the clothing of my skin, and my horn is rolled in the dust.
Cross References
Judges 15:8And he made an attack on them, driving them in uncontrolled flight, and causing great destruction; then he went away to his safe place in the crack of the rock at Etam.
Psalms 42:7\42:6\My soul is crushed down in me, so I will keep you in mind; from the land of Jordan and of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.
Joel 2:7They are running like strong men, they go over the wall like men of war; every man goes straight on his way, their lines are not broken.
Matthew Henry on Job 16:7-17
Grievances of Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 6 Though I speak, my grief 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 filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face. 9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me. 10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the… Read the whole commentary →