- Bible
- Job
- Chapter 30
- Verse 13
My Notes
Commentary
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Gill's Exposition
They mar my path,.... Hindered him in the exercise of religious duties; would not suffer him to attend the ways and worship of God, or to walk in the paths of holiness and righteousness; or they…
Barnes' Notes
They mar my path - They break up all my plans. Perhaps here, also, the image is taken from war, and Job may represent himself as on a line of march, and he says that this rabble comes and breaks up…
Here Job makes a very large and sad complaint of the great disgrace he had fallen into, from the height of honour and reputation, which was exceedingly grievous and cutting to such an ingenuous spirit…
Cambridge Bible
They mar my path Or, they break up my path. The reference can hardly be to the path or way leading to the besieged place (Job 30:30), so that the approach of succour is cut off; if the figure be…