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Job 16:14 — King James Version← Study notes

He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.


Job 16:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 16:148 words
HebrewMeaning
יִפְרְצֵ֣/נִיyipərəṣēniy
he breaks through meverbH6555
abroad · break (away · down · -er ···
פֶ֭רֶץpereṣ
a breachnounH6556
breaking forth · forth · gap
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
פְּנֵיpənēy
the face ofnounH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
פָ֑רֶץpāreṣ
a breachnounH6556
breaking forth · forth · gap
יָרֻ֖ץyāruṣ
he runsverbH7323
divide speedily · footman · guard · bring hastily ···
עָלַ֣/יʿālay
on mepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
כְּ/גִבּֽוֹרkəgibwōr
like a warriorpronH1368
chief · excel · giant · man ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 16:14

He hath broken me with breach upon breach. In her weak members Holy Church is ‘broken with breach upon breach,’ when sin is added to sin, that transgression should be brought to a more dreadful pitch. Thus for him, whom avarice forces to robbery and robbery leads into deceit, so that the sin committed is further defended by falsehood, how else is it with this man, but that he is broken with breach upon breach? When too it is well said by the Prophet; Cursing, and lying, and…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 13 §19
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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