Bible Strands
Job 15:26
rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Eliphaz speaks to Job, describing the arrogant man’s defiant posture as he confronts God during a moment of impending judgment.
The words — יָר֣וּץ (ya.Rutz) = he runs forward, combined with בְּצַוָּאר (be-tzaVar) = with a neck, literally depicting a neck-first, reckless charge.
The thread — The motif of necks and rebellion appears in 2 Chronicles 32:13, Genesis 49:8, and 2 Chronicles 28:22, where physical submission or spiritual defiance structures the narrative.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to acknowledge that defiant arrogance toward divine authority is structurally self-destructive and leaves the rebel fully exposed to consequence.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 32:13 Do 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?
- Genesis 49:8 Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.
- 2 Chronicles 28:22 In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.
- Job 16:12 I 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 18:40 You have made my enemies retreat before me; I destroyed those who hated me.