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12 Many people attack me on my right side.
    They lay traps for my feet.
    They come at me from every direction.
13 They tear up the road I walk on.
    They succeed in destroying me.
    They say, ‘No one can help him.’
14 They attack me like troops smashing through a wall.
    Among the destroyed buildings they come rolling in.

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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.