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12 On my right side they rise up like a mob.
    They lay traps for my feet
    and prepare to attack me.
13 They break up my road
    and work to destroy me,
    and no one helps me.
14 They come at me as if through a hole in the wall,
    and they roll in among the ruins.

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12 On my right(A) the tribe[a] attacks;
    they lay snares(B) for my feet,(C)
    they build their siege ramps against me.(D)
13 They break up my road;(E)
    they succeed in destroying me.(F)
    ‘No one can help him,’ they say.
14 They advance as through a gaping breach;(G)
    amid the ruins they come rolling in.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 30:12 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.