Berean Standard Bible

Job 30:1-4

1“But nowוְעַתָּ֤ה׀ve.'a.TahH6258they mock meשָֽׂחֲק֣וּ עָלַי֮sa.cha.Ku 'a.LaiH7832 H5921,men youngerצְעִירִ֥יםtze.'i.RimH6810than I amמִמֶּ֗נִּי לְיָ֫מִ֥יםmi.Me.ni le.Ya.MimH4480 H3117,whoseאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834fathersאֲבוֹתָ֑ם'a.vo.TamH1I would have refusedמָאַ֥סְתִּיma.'As.tiH3988to putלָ֝שִׁ֗יתla.ShitH7896withעִם־'im-H5973my sheepצֹאנִֽי׃tzo.NiH6629dogsכַּלְבֵ֥יkal.VeiH3611.

2גַּם־gam-H1571What useלָ֣מָּהLa.mahH4100to meעָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ'a.Lei.movH5921was the strengthכֹּ֣חַKo.achH3581of their handsיְ֭דֵיהֶםYe.dei.hemH3027,since their vigorכָּֽלַח׃Ka.lachH3624had left themאָ֣בַד'A.vadH6?

3Gauntגַּ֫לְמ֥וּדgal.MudH1565from povertyבְּחֶ֥סֶרbe.Che.serH2639and hungerוּבְכָפָ֗ןu.ve.kha.FanH3720,they gnawedהַֽעֹרְקִ֥יםha.'o.re.KimH6207the dry landצִיָּ֑הtzi.YahH6723,and the desolateשׁוֹאָ֥הsho.'AhH7722wastelandוּמְשֹׁאָֽה׃u.me.sho.'AhH4875by nightאֶ֝֗מֶשׁ'E.meshH570.

4They pluckedהַקֹּטְפִ֣יםha.ko.te.FimH6998mallowמַלּ֣וּחַma.Lu.achH4408amongעֲלֵי־'a.lei-H5921the shrubsשִׂ֑יחַSi.achH7880,and the rootsוְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁve.Sho.reshH8328of the broom treeרְתָמִ֣יםre.ta.MimH7574were their foodלַחְמָֽם׃lach.MamH3899.

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