He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
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Gill's Exposition
Because he covereth his face with his fatness,.... He has no fear of God, nor shame for his sin; he blushes not to rise up against God in the manner he does, because his eyes stand out with fatness;…
Barnes' Notes
He runneth upon him - That is, upon God. The image here is taken from the mode in which people rushed into battle. It was with a violent concussion, and usually with a shout, that they might…
Eliphaz, having reproved Job for his answers, here comes to maintain his own thesis, upon which he built his censure of Job. His opinion is that those who are wicked are certainly miserable, whence he…
Cambridge Bible
The whole verse means,
He ran upon him with stiff neck,
With the thick bosses of his bucklers.
The words describe the wicked man's demeanour towards God. The figure is that of a warrior making an…
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