Job 30:14

What does Job 30:14 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 30:14 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

As through a wide breach they come: In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves upon me.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

As through a wide breach they come: In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves upon me.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

As through a wide broken place in the wall they come on, I am overturned by the shock of their attack.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

As a wide breach they come, Under the desolation have rolled themselves.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

They have rushed in upon me, as when a wall is broken, and a gate opened, and have rolled themselves down to my miseries.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

They come in as through a wide breach: amid the confusion they roll themselves onward.

Context

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

v.14This passage

v.15Terrors are turned upon me; They chase mine honor as the wind; And my welfare is passed away as a cloud.

Cross references

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

  • Isaiah 8:7

    now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the River, strong and many, even the king of Assyria and all his glory: and it shall come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks;

  • Psalms 69:14

    Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

  • Psalms 18:4

    The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

  • Job 22:16

    Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,

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