What Does Job 15:26 Mean in the King James?
He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The shield does not stop the charge; it joins it, making defense part of the advance against God.
THE MEANING
When resistance hardens, it becomes a forward drive: a person sets the neck and brings every defense into the charge against God. Those defenses do not create distance; they move with the will into collision.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The lie this undoes is that enough armor can make a person secure while moving against God; the armor is already part of the charge.
THE ROOT
יָרוּץ
yaruts
GROWS FROM
רוץ
ruts
to run, rush, or hasten
“runneth” in this verse is yaruts. The verb carries forward motion, and here that motion is directed straight at God. The English can make it sound like simple movement; the Hebrew presents a committed charge.
ALSO GROWS
rats: runner; one who runs
רָץ
It carries the same running motion that the verse makes a forceful advance.
merots: race or course
מֵרוֹץ
This branch shows the root can describe sustained forward movement, not just a single step.
עֲבִי
avi
GROWS FROM
עבה
avah
to be thick or dense
“thick” in this verse is avi. This root can describe thickness or density in both material and cloud. Here, the shield’s density becomes part of the image of resistance: the defense travels forward with the charge.
ALSO GROWS
av: thick cloud
עָב
It shows the root’s sense of dense covering, alongside the physical thickness of the shields.
ovi: thickness or density
עֹבִי
This noun makes the quality of the shield explicit: the charge is backed by accumulated mass.
THE PATTERN
A will set against God carries its defenses forward as part of its resistance.
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.THE THREAD
For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.Job’s runner charges against God under the mass of his shields; the psalmist also runs, but says the movement happens by God. The shared root רוץ (ruts, “run”) reveals the difference between force directed against God and movement made possible by God.
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