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He runneth upon him with a [stiff] neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers;

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

He runs upon him — That is, upon God. The image here is taken from the way people rushed into battle. They rushed with a violent concussion,…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

He runs upon him, [even] on [his] neck
As a fierce and furious enemy runs upon another with great wrath and fury; as …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Eliphaz maintains that the wicked are certainly miserable, from which he would infer that the miserable are certainly wicked, and therefore that Jo…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

After Eliphaz had censured Job for provoking God to an argument, which he thought amounted to a presumption of wisdom, he now censures him for a pr…

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