Translations
Modern
They advance as through a wide breach; through the ruins they keep rolling in.
Traditional
They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.
Literal
As a wide breach they come; amid the ruin they roll on.
Latin
Quasi rupto muro, et aperta janua, irruerunt super me, et ad meas miserias devoluti sunt.
Original
Hebrew
English
They advance as through a wide breach; through the ruins they keep rolling in.
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.