Job 15 · Verse 26

Job 15:26

He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
Job 15:26, King James Version

Job 15:26 in other translations

BSBrushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.
WEBhe runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers,
ASVHe runneth upon him with a stiff neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers;
YLTHe runneth unto Him with a neck, With thick bosses of his shields.
DARBYHe runneth against him, with outstretched neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers;
BBERunning against him like a man of war, covered by his thick breastplate; even like a king ready for the fight,
WebsterHe runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

What does Job 15:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
26. on his neck--rather, "with outstretched neck," namely, that of the rebel [Umbreit] (Psa 75:5). upon ... bucklers--rather, "with--his (the rebel's, not God's) bucklers." The rebel and his fellows are depicted as joining shields together, to form a compact covering over their heads against the weapons hurled on them from a fortress [Umbreit and Gesenius].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 26 He runneth upon him - Calmet has properly observed that this refers to God, who, like a mighty conquering hero, marches against the ungodly, rushes upon him, seizes him by the throat, which the mail by which it is encompassed cannot protect; neither his shield nor spear can save him when the Lord of hosts comes against him.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 15:17-35

Eliphaz maintains that the wicked are certainly miserable: whence he would infer, that the miserable are certainly wicked, and therefore Job was so. But because many of God's people have prospered in this world, it does not therefore follow that those who are crossed and made poor, as Job, are not God's people. Eliphaz shows also that wicked people, particularly oppressors, are subject to continual terror, live very…

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Job 15:26 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יָר֣וּץya.Rutzhe runsH7323
אֵלָ֣יו'e.Lavagainst himH413
בְּצַוָּ֑ארbe.tza.Varwith a neckH6677
בַּ֝עֲבִ֗יba.'a.Viwith [the] thickness ofH5672
גַּבֵּ֥יga.Bei[the] bosses ofH1354
מָֽגִנָּֽיו\׃Ma.gi.Navshields hisH4043

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 15:26

  • 2 Chronicles 32:13-17

    Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand? Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand? Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand? And his servants spake yet more against the Lord God, and against his servant Hezekiah. …

  • 2 Chronicles 28:22

    And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord: this is that king Ahaz.

  • Genesis 49:8

    Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee.

  • Psalms 18:40

    Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.

  • Job 16:12

    I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
runneth.
2Ch 28:22; 32:13-17
even on.
16:12; Ge 49:8; Ps 18:40

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 15:25

    For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

  • Job 15:26

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

  • Job 15:27

    Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

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Job 15:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El le acometerá en la cerviz, en lo grueso de las hombreras de sus escudos:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Il court contre lui, le cou tendu, sous les bosses épaisses de ses boucliers.
German
Elberfelder 1871		wider ihn anrannte mit gerecktem Halse, mit den dichten Buckeln seiner Schilde;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Cucurrit adversus eum erecto collo, et pingui cervice armatus est.