King James Version
Job 16:14 in the King James Version says “He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.” — study this verse from Job chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.”
Job 16:14 · KJV
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.
His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“He breaketh”
H6555to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“upon”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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