Job 30:13
Good News Translation
They cut off my escape and try to destroy me; and there is no one to stop them.

New Revised Standard Version
They break up my path, they promote my calamity; no one restrains them.

Contemporary English Version
Without any help, they prevent my escape, destroying me completely

New American Bible
They tear up my path, they promote my ruin, no helper is there against them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
They have destroyed my ways, they have lain in wait against me, and they have prevailed, and there was none to help.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

They have destroyed my ways, they have lain in wait against me, and they have prevailed, and there was none to help.

they set forward

Psalm 69:26 Because they have persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; and they have added to the grief of my wounds.

Zechariah 1:15 And I am angry with a great anger with the wealthy nations: for I was angry a little, but they helped forward the evil.

Context
Job's Honor Turned into Contempt
12At the right hand of my rising, my calamities forthwith arose: they have overthrown my feet, and have overwhelmed me with their paths as with waves. 13They have destroyed my ways, they have lain in wait against me, and they have prevailed, and there was none to help.14They have rushed in upon me, as when a wall is broken, and a gate opened, and have rolled themselves down to my miseries.…
Cross References
Job 30:14
They have rushed in upon me, as when a wall is broken, and a gate opened, and have rolled themselves down to my miseries.

Isaiah 3:12
As for my people, their oppressors have stripped them, and women have ruled over them. O my people, they that call thee blessed, the same deceive thee, and destroy the way of thy steps.

Job 30:12
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