Job 16:15

"He breaks me with breach on breach. He runs at me like a giant."

Key Reflection

In Job 16:15, these verses describe the intense and relentless nature of suffering Job experiences. The imagery of being "broken with breach on breach" and "run[ning] at me like a giant" conveys the overwhelming and repeated trials that test his faith deeply, emphasizing the severity and persistence of his adversities.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

I have sewed sackcloth -I have put on the badges of humiliation and grief; see the notes atIsaiah 3:24. This was the usual emblem of mourning. In order more deeply to express it, or to make it a “permanent” memorial of sorrow, it would seem that it was “sewed” around the body - as we “sew” crape on the hat. And defiled my horn in the dust -The word rendered “defiled” (fromעלל‛âlal) has, according to Gesenius, the notion of “repetition,” derived from the use of the Arabic word. The Arabic means, to drink again, that is, after a former draught; and then, to drink deep.

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