Job 30:14
They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 30 connects to 6 cross-references. The contrast with chapter 29 is stark: now Job is mocked by the worthless children of outcasts, abandoned by God who has become his adversary, and left to cry out in pain with no answer. He describes his wasting body …
Other Translations
As through a wide breach they come: In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves upon me.
As a wide breach they come, Under the desolation have rolled themselves.
As through a wide broken place in the wall they come on, I am overturned by the shock of their attack.
Cross References
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and …
Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king …
Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her …
Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, …
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.