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Eliphaz: Job Does Not Fear God

Job 15:26

In 11 translations

BSB
rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.
KJV
He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
WEB
he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers,
ASV
He runneth upon him with a stiff neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers;
LSV
He runs to Him with a neck, || With thick bosses of his shields.
YLT
He runneth unto Him with a neck, With thick bosses of his shields.
DBY
He runneth against him, with [outstretched] neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers;
DRC
He hath run against him with his neck raised up, and is armed with a fat neck.
GNV
Therefore God shall runne vpon him, euen vpon his necke, and against the most thicke part of his shielde.
JPS
He runneth upon him with a stiff neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers.
LXXE
And he has run against him with insolence, on the thickness of the back of his shield.

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Original-language editions

WLC
יָר֣וּץ אֵלָ֣יו בְּצַוָּ֑אר בַּ֝עֲבִ֗י גַּבֵּ֥י מָֽגִנָּֽיו׃
LXX-Br
Ἔδραμε δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὕβρει, ἐν πάχει νώτου ἀσπίδος αὐτοῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Chronicles 32:13–17Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of these nations ever been able to deliver their land from my hand? Who among all the gods of these nations that my fathers…
  • Genesis 49:8Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.
  • Job 16:12I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;
  • Psalms 18:40You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.
  • 2 Chronicles 28:22In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.

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