“They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.”
As through a wide breach they come; amid the crash they roll on, describing the mockers' assault as overwhelming and irresistible, like a flood breaching dikes and rolling forward unstoppably. The wide breach suggests the collapse of defenses that formerly protected Job. The crash suggests the violence and noise of this breach. The rolling on emphasizes the unstoppable momentum of the assault. The verse portrays Job's situation as militarily hopeless, overwhelmed by superior force.
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