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24 Distress and anguish overwhelm him;
    they overpower him like a king prepared to attack.
25 “Because he has lifted his hands against God
    and acted in brazen defiance of the Almighty,
26 rushing stubbornly against him
    with his massive embossed shield,[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 15:26 This is an image of an Assyrian or Babylonian soldier who takes part in an assault while protected by a massive round shield.

24 Distress and anguish(A) fill him with terror;(B)
    troubles overwhelm him, like a king(C) poised to attack,
25 because he shakes his fist(D) at God
    and vaunts himself against the Almighty,(E)
26 defiantly charging against him
    with a thick, strong shield.(F)

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