Job 30:12

Job 30:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
• New International Version (NIV)On my right the tribe attacks; they lay snares for my feet, they build their siege ramps against me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)On my right hand the rabble rise; they push away my feet; they cast up against me their ways of destruction.
• New King James Version (NKJV)At my right hand the rabble arises; They push away my feet, And they raise against me their ways of destruction.

Context of Job 30:12

10They abhor me and stand aloof from me, And they do not refrain from spitting at my face. 11Because He has loosed His bowstring and afflicted me, They have cast off the bridle before me. On the right hand their brood arises; They thrust aside my feet and build up against me their ways of destruction. 13They break up my path, They profit from my destruction; No one restrains them. 14As through a wide breach they come, Amid the tempest they roll on.

Job 30:12 word by word

עַל־יָמִין֮ פִּרְחַ֪ח יָ֫ק֥וּמוּ רַגְלַ֥י שִׁלֵּ֑חוּ וַיָּסֹ֥לּוּ עָ֝לַ֗י אָרְח֥וֹת אֵידָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• On the rightיָמִיןyâmîyn · rightH3225
• handיָמִיןyâmîyn · rightH3225
• broodפִּרְחָחpirchach · broodH6526
• arisesקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• thrustשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• aside my feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• and buildסָלַלsâlal · to buildH5549
• up againstעַל‛al · uponH5921
• me their waysאֹ֫רַח'ôrach · wayH734
• of destructionאֵיד'êyd · calamityH343

Cross-references for Job 30:12

• Job 19:18Even young children despise me; I rise up and they speak against me.
• Isaiah 3:5And the people will be oppressed, Each one by another, and each one by his neighbor; The youth will storm against the elder And the inferior against the honorable.
• Job 19:12His troops come together, And build up their way against me And camp around my tent.

Commentaries on Job 30:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Upon my right hand rise the youth - The word פרחח pirchach, which we translate youth, signifies properly buds, or the buttons of trees. Mr. Good has younglings. Younkers would be better, were it not too colloquial. They push away my feet - They trip up my heels, or they in effect trample me under their feet. They rush upon and overwhelm me. They are violently incensed against me. They roll themselves upon me, התגלגלו hithgalgalu, velut unda impellit…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Upon my right hand rise the youth - The right hand is the place of honor, and therefore it was felt to be a greater insult that they should occupy even that place. The word rendered “youth” (פרחח pirchach ) occurs nowhere else in the Hebrew Scriptures. It is probably from פרח pârach “to sprout, germinate, blossom”; and hence, would mean “a progeny,” and would be probably applied to beasts. It is rendered by Jerome, “calamities;” by the Septuagint, “Upon…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-14The series of images here shows a military attack on a city with strong defenses. Job had already used this image to describe God's attack on him (Job 19:10–12). The word translated as snares might refer to ramps raised against a city's walls. A siege ramp was a large sloped structure of earth and stones that armies built against city walls. These ramps allowed attacking soldiers to climb up to the top of the walls during a battle.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. youth--rather, a (low) brood. To rise on the right hand is to accuse, as that was the position of the accuser in court (Zec 3:1; Psa 109:6). push ... feet--jostle me out of the way (Job 24:4). ways of--that is, their ways of (that is, with a view to my) destruction. Image, as in Job 19:12, from a besieging army throwing up a way of approach for itself to a city.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Job 30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary