He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
Parallel translations
- WEB he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers;
- BSB rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.
- NKJV Running stubbornly against Him With his strong, embossed shield.
- NASB “He rushes headlong at Him With his massive shield.
- NLT Holding their strong shields, they defiantly charge against him.
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Quick answer
The wicked man charges at God stubbornly, as if armored for war. His defiance is pictured as a futile assault on the Almighty.
Overview
Eliphaz depicts the godless rushing against God with a stiff neck and heavy shields, an image of obstinate, self-confident rebellion. Such pride against the infinite God is doomed folly. The verse exposes the absurdity of any creature warring against the Creator, a posture only the cross can overturn by reconciling rebels to God through Christ's substitution.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- 2 Chr 28:22And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.
- Gen 49:8Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee.
- Job 16:12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
- Ps 18:40Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
- 2 Chr 32:13–17Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?
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