| Geneva Study Bible They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the {k} desolation they rolled themselves upon me. (k) By my calamity they took an opportunity against me. Wesley's Notes 30:14 Waste place - In the waste place; in that part of the bank which was broken down. They rolled - As the waters, come rolling in at the breach. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 14. waters-(So 2Sa 5:20). But it is better to retain the image of Job 30:12, 13. "They came [upon me] as through a wide breach," namely, made by the besiegers in the wall of a fortress (Isa 30:13) [Maurer]. in the desolation-"Amidst the crash" of falling masonry, or "with a shout like the crash" of, &c. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 30:1-14 Job contrasts his present condition with his former honour and authority. What little cause have men to be ambitious or proud of that which may be so easily lost, and what little confidence is to be put in it! We should not be cast down if we are despised, reviled, and hated by wicked men. We should look to Jesus, who endured the contradiction of sinners. | 
