KJV ORIGINAL
They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
They destroy the road I'm trying to walk on, they push forward my disaster, and no one is there to help them stop it.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Job is saying that his enemies are actively making his suffering worse, and there's no one to restrain them from hurting him.
📚 Historical Context
Job is describing how people who once respected him now mock and attack him in his time of great loss and illness. In ancient Middle Eastern culture, a person's fall from prosperity to poverty often led to social rejection and even abuse from those who were formerly beneath their status. Job feels completely abandoned, with even the lowest members of society now tormenting him without anyone intervening on his behalf.
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