Job 15:26

this wicked man runs at God with a stiff neck, 1 with a thick shield. 1

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He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

In Context

25Because he has reached out with his hand against God 1 and has behaved proudly against the Almighty, 1

27This is true, even though he has covered his face with his fat 1 and gathered fat on his loins, 1

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Cross References

Exodus 5:2Pharaoh said, “Who is Yahweh? Why should I listen to his voice and let Israel go? I do not know Yahweh; moreover, I will not let Israel go.”

2 Chronicles 32:13Do you not know what I and my ancestors have done to all the peoples of the other lands? Were the gods of the peoples of the surrounding lands able in any way to rescue their land from my power?

Psalms 18:40You gave me the back of my enemies' necks; I annihilated those who hated me. 1

Matthew Henry on Job 15:18-35

17 I will show thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it: 19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them. 20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. 21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. 22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. 23 He wandereth… Read the whole commentary →

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