Job 30:14
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me. | They advance as through a wide breach; through the ruins they keep rolling in. | As through a wide breach they come: In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves upon me. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| like a breach | כְּפֶ֣רֶץ | ke-FE-retz | H6556 | breachפֶּ֫רֶץ (pe.rets) 1) breach, gap, bursting forth 1a) bursting forth, outburst 1b) breach 1c) broken wall 1d) outburst (fig. of God's wrath) |
| wide | רָחָ֣ב | ra-CHAV | H7342H | broad: wideרָחָב (ra.chav) broad, wide Also means: ra.chav (רָחָב ": arrogant" H7342I) |
| they come | יֶאֱתָ֑יוּ | ye-'e-TA-yu | H0857 | to comeאָתָה (a.tah) 1) to come, arrive 1a) (Qal) to come (of men, time, beasts, calamity) 1b) (Hiphil) to bring Aramaic equivalent: a.tah (אֲתָה "to come" H0858) |
| under | תַּ֥חַת | TA-chat | H8478I | underneath: underתַּחַת (ta.chat) : under/below 1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m 1a) the under part adv accus 1b) beneath prep 1c) under, beneath 1c1) at the foot of (idiom) 1c2) sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig) 1c3) of subjection or conquest 1d) what is under one, the place in which one stands 1d1) in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun) 1d2) in place of, instead of (in transferred sense) 1d3) in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged) conj … |
| devastation | שֹׁ֝אָ֗ה | SHO-'AH | H7722B | devastationשׁוֹאָה (sho.ah) 1) devastation, ruin, waste 1a) devastation, ruin 1b) ruin, waste (of land) |
| they have rolled themselves | הִתְגַּלְגָּֽלוּ׃ | hit-gal-GA-lu | H1556 | to rollגָּלַל (ga.lal) 1) to roll, roll away, roll down, roll together 1a) (Qal) to roll 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to roll up 1b2) to flow down 1c) (Pilpel) to roll 1d) (Poal) to be rolled 1e) (Hithpoel) to roll oneself 1f) (Hithpalpel) to roll oneself 1g) (Hiphil) to roll away Aramaic equivalent: ge.lal (גְּלָל "great" H1560) |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.