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As through a wide breach they come, In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves in.
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An Overwhelming Breach
Commentators explain that Job uses a powerful image to describe his suffering. He feels as if his former honor and status were like a protective wall, but now a wide breach has been made. His enemies are pouring in like a besieging army through a broken wall or a catastrophic flood through a broken dam, overwhelming him with irresistible and tumultuous force.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They came upon me as a wide breaking-in of waters - The Hebrew here is simply, “Like a wide breach they came,” and the reference ma…
19th Century
Anglican
As a wide breaking in of waters. —Or, as through a wide breach they come. “In the midst of the crash they roll themselves…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They came [upon me] as a wide breaking in [of waters] As when a wide breach is made in the banks of a river, or of t…
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Job contrasts his present condition with his former honour and authority. What little cause do people have to be ambitious or proud of that which m…
13th Century
Catholic
After listing the many prosperous things he had enjoyed in the past, Job now lists the adversities he was suffering. He begins by showing that, in …
