The Meaning of Job 30:12 Explained

Job 30:12

KJV: Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.

YLT: On the right hand doth a brood arise, My feet they have cast away, And they raise up against me, Their paths of calamity.

Darby: At my right hand rise the young brood; they push away my feet, and raise up against me their pernicious ways;

ASV: Upon my right hand rise the rabble; They thrust aside my feet, And they cast up against me their ways of destruction.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Upon [my] right  [hand] rise  the youth;  they push away  my feet,  and they raise up  against me the ways  of their destruction. 

What does Job 30:12 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Job 30

1  Job's honor is turned into extreme contempt
15  and his prosperity into calamity

What do the individual words in Job 30:12 mean?

At [my] right [hand] the rabble arises my feet they push away and they raise against me ways of their destruction
עַל־ יָמִין֮ פִּרְחַ֪ח יָ֫ק֥וּמוּ רַגְלַ֥י שִׁלֵּ֑חוּ וַיָּסֹ֥לּוּ עָ֝לַ֗י אָרְח֥וֹת אֵידָֽם

עַל־  At 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
יָמִין֮  [my]  right  [hand] 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: יָמִין  
Sense: right, right hand, right side.
פִּרְחַ֪ח  the  rabble 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: פִּרְחַח  
Sense: brood.
יָ֫ק֥וּמוּ  arises 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: קוּם 
Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
רַגְלַ֥י  my  feet 
Parse: Noun, fdc, first person common singular
Root: רֶגֶל  
Sense: foot.
שִׁלֵּ֑חוּ  they  push  away 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: שָׁלַח  
Sense: to send, send away, let go, stretch out.
וַיָּסֹ֥לּוּ  and  they  raise 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: סָלַל 
Sense: to lift up, cast up, exalt.
עָ֝לַ֗י  against  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
אָרְח֥וֹת  ways 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct
Root: אֹרַח  
Sense: way, path.
אֵידָֽם  of  their  destruction 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אֵיד  
Sense: distress, burden, calamity.

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