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Job 16:14

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He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
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  1. Job 9:17Rank 1 from verse 14
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    17For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

  2. Joel 2:7Rank 2 from verse 14
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    7They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:

  3. Judges 15:8Rank 3 from verse 14
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    8And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.

  4. Lamentations 3:3–5Rank 4 from verse 14
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    3Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.

    4My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.

    5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.

  5. Psalms 42:7Rank 5 from verse 14
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    7Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

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Job 16:14

COMBINED MEANING

breach

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Sense 1: A break, rupture, gap, or breaking forth. Sense 2: Damage, loss, or interruption of a promise or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

like

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Sense 1: Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely. Sense 2: A like person or thing; an equal or counterpart. Sense 3: To please, choose, or regard with favour.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

14He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.

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15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

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