Job 30:12

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

The rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet and build siege ramps against me.

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.

Bible in Basic English

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

Free Bible Version

The rabble rise up against me, they send me running; like a city under siege they devise ways to destroy me.

King James (Authorized) Version

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

Translation for Translators

◄Gangs/Groups of violent youths► attack me and force me to run away; they prepare to destroy me.

Unlocked Literal Bible

Upon my right hand rise the rabble; they drive me away and pile up against me their siege mounds.

Noah Webster Bible

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

World English Bible

On my right hand rise the rabble. They thrust aside my feet. They cast their ways of destruction up against me.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Context

Job’s Honor Turned to Contempt

¹¹Because God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence. ¹²The rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet and build siege ramps against me. ¹³They tear up my path; they profit from my destruction, with no one to restrain them.

Summary

In this verse, Job expresses his distress and anguish as he recounts the suffering he is enduring. He describes how calamity has overtaken him, and despite seeking help, there is no one to offer support or comfort. Job's lament reflects the depth of his pain and isolation, highlighting the intense trials he is facing. This verse captures the raw emotion and despair Job is experiencing during his time of great suffering, showcasing his vulnerability and need for solace.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Upon my right hand rise the youth - The word פרחח pirchach, which we translate youth, signifies properly buds, or the buttons of trees. Mr. Good has younglings. Younkers would be better, were it not too colloquial. They push away my feet - They trip up my heels, or they in effect trample me under their feet. They rush upon and overwhelm me. They are violently incensed against me. They roll themselves upon me, התגלגלו hithgalgalu, velut unda impellit undam, as waves of the sea which wash the sand from under the feet, and then swamp the man to the bottom; see Job 30:14.

John Gill Bible Commentary

Upon my right hand rise the youth,.... "Springeth", as Mr. Broughton translates the word; such as were just sprung into being, as it were; the word (n) seems to have the signification of young birds that are not fledged; have not got their feathers on them, but are just got out of the shell, as it were; and such were these young men: some render the word the "flower" (o); as if the flower of men, the chief and principal of them, were meant, such as were Job's three friends, who are here distinguished from the mean and baser sort before spoken of; but the word even in this sense signifies young men, who are like buds and flowers just sprung out, or who are beardless boys, or whose beards are just springing out; so the young priests are in the Misnah (p) called "the flowers of the priesthood": now such as these rose up, not in reverence to Job, as the aged before did, but in an hostile way, to oppose, resist, reproach, and deride him; they rose up on his right hand, took the right hand of him, as if they were his superiors and betters; or they stood at his right hand, took the right hand to accuse him, as Satan did at Joshua's; see Psa 109:6; they push away my feet; they brought heavy charges and violent accusations against him, in order to cast him down, and trample upon him; nor would they suffer him to stand and answer for himself; he could have no justice done him, and so there was no standing for him. If this was to be understood literally, of their pushing at him to throw him down to the ground, or of an attempt trip up his heels, so that his feet were almost gone, and his steps had well nigh slipped, it was very rude and indecent treatment of him indeed: and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction; as, in besieging a town, mounts, forts, and batteries are raised to destroy it, so those persons made use of all ways and means to destroy Job; or they trod upon him, and made him as a path or causeway to walk upon, in order utterly to destroy him. Mr. Broughton renders the words, "they cast upon me the causes of their woe", imputed all their calamities and miseries to him, reproached him on that account, and now were resolved to revenge themselves on him. (n) "pullities", Schultens. (o) "Flos", Schmidt, Michaelis. (p) Misn. Sanhedrin, c. 1. sect. 7.

Job 30:12

Job’s Honor Turned to Contempt

Scripture
Sermons
Commentary

Berean Standard Bible

The rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet and build siege ramps against me.

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.

Bible in Basic English

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

Free Bible Version

The rabble rise up against me, they send me running; like a city under siege they devise ways to destroy me.

King James (Authorized) Version

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

Translation for Translators

◄Gangs/Groups of violent youths► attack me and force me to run away; they prepare to destroy me.

Unlocked Literal Bible

Upon my right hand rise the rabble; they drive me away and pile up against me their siege mounds.

Noah Webster Bible

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

World English Bible

On my right hand rise the rabble. They thrust aside my feet. They cast their ways of destruction up against me.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Job 30:12

Verse

Context

Job’s Honor Turned to Contempt

Summary

Commentary

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Tyndale Open Study Notes

Job 30:12

Job’s Honor Turned to Contempt

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Tyndale Open Study Notes