Job 15:26
What does Job 15:26 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 15:26 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000He runneth upon him with astiffneck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers;
KJV
King James Version · 1611He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901He runneth upon him with astiffneck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Running against him like a man of war, covered by his thick breastplate; even like a king ready for the fight,
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862He runneth unto Him with a neck, With thick bosses of his shields.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He hath run against him with his neck raised up, and is armed with a fat neck.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890He runneth against him, with [outstretched] neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers;
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 18:40
Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.
- Job 16:12
I was at ease, and he brake me asunder; Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces: He hath also set me up for his mark.
- 2 Chronicles 32:13
Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands in any wise able to deliver their land out of my hand?
- 2 Chronicles 28:22
And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against Jehovah, this same king Ahaz.
- Genesis 49:8
Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise: Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; Thy father’s sons shall bow down before thee.
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