Translations
Modern
The rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet and build siege ramps against me.
Traditional
Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
Literal
On the right a brood arises; they push away my feet, and they build up against me the ways of destruction.
Latin
Ad dexteram orientis calamitates meæ illico surrexerunt: pedes meos subverterunt, et oppresserunt quasi fluctibus semitis suis.
Original
Hebrew
English
The rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet and build siege ramps against me.
Notes
The series of images here shows a military attack on a city with strong defenses. Job had already used this image to describe God's attack on him (Job 19:10–12).
The word translated as snares might refer to ramps raised against a city's walls. A siege ramp was a large sloped structure of earth and stones that armies built against city walls. These ramps allowed attacking soldiers to climb up to the top of the walls during a battle.