Job 30:14

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

13They have destroyed my ways, they have lain in wait against me, and they have prevailed, and there was none to help.

15I am brought to nothing: as a wind thou hast taken away my desire: and my prosperity hath passed away like a cloud.

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Cross References

Job 22:16Who were taken away before their time, and a flood hath overthrown their foundation.

Psalms 69:14But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O Lord; for the time of thy good pleasure, O God. In the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

Matthew Henry on Job 30:2-15

Job's Humbled Condition. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. 2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished? 3 For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. 4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat. 5 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a… Read the whole commentary →

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