Job 30:12

What does Job 30:12 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 30:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Upon my right hand rise the rabble; They thrust aside my feet, And they cast up against me their ways of destruction.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Upon my right hand rise the rabble; They thrust aside my feet, And they cast up against me their ways of destruction.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The lines of his men of war put themselves in order, and make high their ways of destruction against me:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

On the right hand doth a brood arise, My feet they have cast away, And they raise up against me, Their paths of calamity.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

At the right hand of my rising, my calamities forthwith arose: they have overthrown my feet, and have overwhelmed me with their paths as with waves.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

At [my] right hand rise the young brood; they push away my feet, and raise up against me their pernicious ways;

Context

v.11For he hath loosed his cord, and afflicted me; And they have cast off the bridle before me.

v.12This passage

v.13They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, Even men that have no helper.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 3:5

    And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.

  • Job 19:18

    Even young children despise me; If I arise, they speak against me.

  • Job 19:12

    His troops come on together, And cast up their way against me, And encamp round about my tent.

  • Psalms 140:4

    Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from the violent man: Who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.

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