Job 30:13

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

Key Reflection

In Job 30:13, Job describes his dire circumstances, where the marginalized and oppressed (the "rabble") surround him. These people not only disregard his dignity by thrusting aside his feet but also actively work against him, casting destructive paths that threaten to harm him. This vivid imagery portrays a society where the weak and downtrodden become oppressors, mirroring the harsh realities of Job's time and highlighting the profound despair he experiences.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

They mar my path -They break up all my plans. Perhaps here, also, the image is taken from war, and Job may represent himself as on a line of march, and he says that this rabble comes and breaks up his path altogether. They break down the bridges, and tear up the way, so that it is impossible to pass along. His plans of life were embarrassed by them, and they were to him a perpetual annoyance. They set forward my calamity -Luther renders this part of the verse, “It was so easy for them to injure me, that they needed no help.” The literal translation of the Hebrew here would be, “they profit for my ruin;” that is, they bring as it were profit to my ruin; they help it on; they promote it.

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