They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.
Job 30:14 stands within the extended debate between Job and his three friends concerning his afflictions, an exchange that spans Job 4–31. Within that setting the verse portrays calamities and hostile attackers closing in upon Job and overwhelming him. His troubles and humiliations are pictured as a sudden, broad inrush of water breaking through its barrier. Once broken through, the flood rolls onward and sweeps over him in his desolation.
Job 30:14 stands within the extended debate between Job and his three friends concerning his afflictions, an exchange that spans Job 4–31. Within that setting the verse portrays calamities and hostile attackers closing in upon Job and overwhelming him. His troubles and humiliations are pictured as a sudden, broad inrush of water breaking through its barrier. Once broken through, the flood rolls onward and sweeps over him in his desolation.