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Job 30:13

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30:13They destroy29 my path;

they succeed in destroying me30

without anyone assisting31 them.

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Footnotes

  1. 29 This verb נָתְסוּ (natésu) is found nowhere else. It is probably a variant of the verb in Job 19:10. R. Gordis (Job, 333–34) notes the Arabic noun natsun (“thorns”), suggesting a denominative idea “they have placed thorns in my path.” Most take it to mean they ruin the way of escape.
  2. 30 The has “they further my misfortune.” The line is difficult, with slight textual problems. The verb יֹעִילוּ (yo’ilu) means “to profit,” and so “to succeed” or “to set forward.” Good sense can be made from the as it stands, and many suggested changes are suspect.
  3. 31 The sense of “restraining” for “helping” was proposed by Dillmann and supported by G. R. Driver (see 52 [1935/36]: 163).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

They break up my path;

they promote my calamity;

they need no one to help them.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They break up my road;

they succeed in destroying me.

‘No one can help him,’ they say.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They tear up my path;

they contribute to my destruction,

without anyone to help them.

NLTNew Living Translation

They block my road

and do everything they can to destroy me.

They know I have no one to help me.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

They destroy my path;

they promote my destruction;

they have no helper.

KJV 1900King James Version

They mar my path,

They set forward my calamity,

They have no helper.