King James Version
Job 15:26 in the King James Version says “He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:” — study this verse from Job chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:”
Job 15:26 · KJV
Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“upon him even on his neck”
H6677the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound)
“bosses”
H1354the back (as rounded); by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc
“of his bucklers”
H4043a shield (i.e., the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
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