Translations
Modern
They tear up my path; they profit from my destruction, with no one to restrain them.
Traditional
They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
Literal
They break up my path; they advance my calamity, with no one helping them.
Latin
Dissipaverunt itinera mea; insidiati sunt mihi, et prævaluerunt: et non fuit qui ferret auxilium.
Original
Hebrew
English
They tear up my path; they profit from my destruction, with no one to restrain them.
Notes
The 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.