Job 30:12-14

Job watched the youths as they talked. And Job thought that they were making plans to attack him. Job felt too ill to avoid them.

Of course, a city cannot move when its enemies attack. So Job thought that he was like such a city.

At the time of the Bible, walls surrounded a city. So, before soldiers attacked the city, they would make plans. They needed to climb over the walls. Or, they needed to break through the walls. The soldiers would make traps so that the city’s inhabitants could not escape easily. And they would destroy the roads. Then anyone who managed to escape could not move quickly.

Job felt like the inhabitant of such a city. He was merely waiting for the youths to attack. And he could not escape when they did attack.