Job 15:26

He used to run against him with uplifted neck, with the stout bosses of his bucklers;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

25Because he had stretched out—against GOD—his hand, and, against the Almighty, had been wont to behave himself proudly;

27For he had covered his face with his fatness, and had gathered a superabundance on his loins;

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Cross References

Exodus 5:2Then said Pharaoh, Who is Yahweh that I should hearken to his voice, to let Israel go? I know not Yahweh, and certainly. Israel, will I not let go!

2 Chronicles 32:13Will ye not take note, what I have done, I and my fathers, to all the peoples of the countries? Have the gods of the nations of the countries been, at all able, to deliver their country, out of my hand?

Psalms 18:40As for my foes, thou didst give me their neck, and, as for them who hated me, I destroyed them.

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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