Job 30:14

“They came [upon me] as a wide breaking in [of waters], etc.] As when a wide breach is made in the banks of a river, or of the sea, the waters rush through in great abundance, with great rapidity and swiftness; and with a force irresistible; and in like manner did Job’s enemies rush in upon him in great numbers, overwhelming him in an instant, and he not able to oppose them; or as, when a wide breach is made in the wall of a city besieged, the besiegers pour themselves in, and bear down all before them: and thus Job in a like violent manner was run upon, and bore down by the persons before described: in the desolation they rolled themselves [upon me]; as when a breach is made in a bank of a…”

“waters--(So Sa2 5:20). But it is better to retain the image of Job 30:12-13. "They came [upon me] as through a wide breach," namely, made by the besiegers in the wall of a fortress (Isa 30:13) [MAURER]. in the desolation--"Amidst the crash" of falling masonry, or "with a shout like the crash" of, &c.”

“They came upon me as a wide breaking-in of waters - The Hebrew here is simply, “Like a wide breach they came,” and the reference may be, not to an inundation, as our translators supposed, but to an irruption made by a foe through a breach made in a wall. When such a wall fell, or when a breach was made in it, the besieging army would pour in in a tumultuous manner, and cut down all before them; compare Isaiah 30:13. This seems to be the idea here. The enemies of Job poured in upon him as if a breach was made in a wall. Formerly they were restrained by his rank and office, as a besieging army was by lofty walls; but now all these restraints were broken down, and they poured in upon him like a…”

“Waste place - In the waste place; in that part of the bank which was broken down. They rolled - As the waters, come rolling in at the breach. Job 30:15”

“as a wide: Job 22:16; Psa 18:4, Psa 69:14, Psa 69:15; Isa 8:7, Isa 8:8 Job 30:15”