Job 30 · Verse 14

Job 30:14

They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.
Job 30:14, King James Version

Job 30:14 in other translations

BSBThey advance as through a wide breach; through the ruins they keep rolling in.
WEBAs through a wide breach they come. They roll themselves in amid the ruin.
ASVAs through a wide breach they come: In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves upon me.
YLTAs a wide breach they come, Under the desolation have rolled themselves.
DARBYThey come in as through a wide breach: amid the confusion they roll themselves onward.
BBEAs through a wide broken place in the wall they come on, I am overturned by the shock of their attack.
WebsterThey came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.

What does Job 30:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. waters--(So 2Sa 5:20). But it is better to retain the image of Job 30:12, 13. "They came [upon me] as through a wide breach," namely, made by the besiegers in the wall of a fortress (Is 30:13) [Maurer]. in the desolation--"Amidst the crash" of falling masonry, or "with a shout like the crash" of, &c.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 They came upon me as a wide breaking in - They storm me on every side. In the desolation they rolled themselves - When they had made the breach, they rolled in upon me as an irresistible torrent. There still appears to be an allusion to a besieged city: the sap, the breach, the storm, the flight, the pursuit, and the slaughter. See the following verse, Job 30:15 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 30:1-14

Job contrasts his present condition with his former honour and authority. What little cause have men to be ambitious or proud of that which may be so easily lost, and what little confidence is to be put in it! We should not be cast down if we are despised, reviled, and hated by wicked men. We should look to Jesus, who endured the contradiction of sinners.

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Job 30:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כְּפֶ֣רֶץke.Fe.retzlike a breachH6556
רָחָ֣בra.ChavwideH7342
יֶאֱתָ֑יוּye.'e.Ta.yuthey comeH857
תַּ֥חַתTa.chatunderH8478
שֹׁ֝אָ֗הSho.'AhdevastationH7722
הִתְגַּלְגָּֽלוּ\׃hit.gal.Ga.luthey have rolled themselvesH1556

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Cross references for Job 30:14

  • Psalms 69:14-15

    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. Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

  • Isaiah 8:7-8

    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 he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks: And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.

  • Psalms 18:4

    The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

  • Job 22:16

    Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
as a wide.
22:16; Ps 18:4; 69:14,15; Isa 8:7,8

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Context

  • Job 30:13

    They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.

  • Job 30:14

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

  • Job 30:15

    Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

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Job 30:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Vinieron como por portillo ancho, revolviéronse á mi calamidad.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ils viennent comme par une large brèche, ils se précipitent au milieu du fracas.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Sie kommen wie durch einen weiten Riß, unter Gekrach wälzen sie sich heran. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quasi rupto muro, et aperta janua, irruerunt super me, et ad meas miserias devoluti sunt.