KJV King James Version
He runneth upon him, [even] on [his] neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
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Job 15:26
He runneth upon him, [even] on [his] neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.
WEB World English Bible
he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers;
ASV American Standard Version
He runneth upon him with a stiff neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
He runneth unto Him with a neck, With thick bosses of his shields.
Surrounding context — Job 15
23 He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where [is it]? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
26 He runneth upon him, [even] on [his] neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on [his] flanks.
28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, [and] in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
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Job 16:12I 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.Genesis 49:8Judah, 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.Psalm 18:40Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.2 Chronicles 32:13-17Know 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?2 Chronicles 28:22And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this [is that] king Ahaz.
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