Job 30

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1But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. WEB“But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I considered unworthy to put with my sheep dogs.

2Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished? WEBOf what use is the strength of their hands to me, men in whom ripe age has perished?

3For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. WEBThey are gaunt from lack and famine. They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of waste and desolation.

4Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat. WEBThey pluck salt herbs by the bushes. The roots of the broom tree are their food.

5They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;) WEBThey are driven out from among men. They cry after them as after a thief,

6To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks. WEBso that they live in frightful valleys, and in holes of the earth and of the rocks.

7Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together. WEBThey bray among the bushes. They are gathered together under the nettles.

8They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth. WEBThey are children of fools, yes, children of wicked men. They were flogged out of the land.

9And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword. WEB“Now I have become their song. Yes, I am a byword to them.

10They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face. WEBThey abhor me, they stand aloof from me, and don’t hesitate to spit in my face.

11Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me. WEBFor he has untied his cord, and afflicted me; and they have thrown off restraint before me.

12Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction. WEBOn my right hand rise the rabble. They thrust aside my feet. They cast their ways of destruction up against me.

13They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper. WEBThey mar my path. They promote my destruction without anyone’s help.

14They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me. WEBAs through a wide breach they come. They roll themselves in amid the ruin.

15Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. WEBTerrors have turned on me. They chase my honor as the wind. My welfare has passed away as a cloud.

16And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me. WEB“Now my soul is poured out within me. Days of affliction have taken hold of me.

17My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest. WEBIn the night season my bones are pierced in me, and the pains that gnaw me take no rest.

18By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. WEBMy garment is disfigured by great force. It binds me about as the collar of my tunic.

19He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. WEBHe has cast me into the mire. I have become like dust and ashes.

20I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not. WEBI cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze at me.

21Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me. WEBYou have turned to be cruel to me. With the might of your hand you persecute me.

22Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance. WEBYou lift me up to the wind, and drive me with it. You dissolve me in the storm.

23For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living. WEBFor I know that you will bring me to death, to the house appointed for all living.

24Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction. WEB“However doesn’t one stretch out a hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?

25Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor? WEBDidn’t I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn’t my soul grieved for the needy?

26When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness. WEBWhen I looked for good, then evil came. When I waited for light, darkness came.

27My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me. WEBMy heart is troubled, and doesn’t rest. Days of affliction have come on me.

28I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation. WEBI go mourning without the sun. I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.

29I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. WEBI am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.

30My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat. WEBMy skin grows black and peels from me. My bones are burned with heat.

31My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep. WEBTherefore my harp has turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of those who weep.