Job 30

Berean Standard Bible

Job’s Honor Turned to Contempt

1“But nowH6258 they mock meH7832 H5921, men youngerH6810 than I amH4480 H3117, whoseH834 fathersH1 I would have refusedH3988 to putH7896 withH5973 my sheepH6629 dogsH3611.2 What useH4100 to meH5921 was the strengthH3581 of their handsH3027, since their vigorH3624 had left themH6?3GauntH1565 from povertyH2639 and hungerH3720, they gnawedH6207 the dry landH6723, and the desolateH7722 wastelandH4875 by nightH570.4They pluckedH6998 mallowH4408 amongH5921 the shrubsH7880, and the rootsH8328 of the broom treeH7574 were their foodH3899.15They were banishedH1644 fromH4480 amongH1460 men, shoutedH7321 atH5921 like thievesH1590,6so that they livedH7931 on the slopesH6178 of the wadisH5158, among the rocksH3710 and in holesH2356 in the groundH6083.7They cried outH5101 amongH996 the shrubsH7880 and huddledH5596 beneathH8478 the nettlesH2738.8A senselessH5036 andH1571 namelessH1097 H8034 broodH1121, they were drivenH5217 offH4480 the landH776.

9And nowH6258 they mock me in songH1961 H5058;I have becomeH1961 a bywordH4405 among them.10They abhor meH8581 and keep farH7368 from meH4480;they do notH3808 hesitateH2820 to spitH7536 in my faceH6440.11BecauseH3588 God has unstrungH6605 my bowH3499 and afflicted meH6031,they have cast offH7971 restraintH7448 2 in my presenceH6440.12The rabbleH6526 arisesH6965 atH5921 my rightH3225;they lay snaresH7971 for my feetH7272and buildH5549 siege rampsH734 H343 against meH5921.13They tear upH5420 my pathH5410;they profitH3276 from my destructionH1942,with no oneH3808 to restrainH5826 them.3

14They advanceH857 as through a wideH7342 breachH6556; throughH8478 the ruinsH7722 they keep rolling inH1556.

15TerrorsH1091 are turned looseH2015 against meH5921;they drive awayH7291 my dignityH5082 as by the windH7307,and my prosperityH3444 has passedH5674 like a cloudH5645.16And nowH6258 my soulH5315 is poured outH8210 within meH5921;daysH3117 of afflictionH6040 grip meH270.17NightH3915 piercesH5365 H5921 my bonesH6106,and my gnawing painsH6207 neverH3808 restH7901.18With greatH7227 forceH3581 He graspsH2664 my garmentH3830;4He seizes meH247 by the collarH6310 of my tunicH3801.19He throws meH3384 into the mudH2563,and I have becomeH4911 like dustH6083 and ashesH665.

20I cry out to YouH413 for helpH7768, but You do notH3808 answerH6030;when I stand upH5975, You merely lookH995 at me.21You have ruthlessly turnedH2015 on me;You oppose meH7852 with Your strongH6108 handH3027.22You snatch me upH5375 intoH413 the windH7307and drive meH7392 before it;You toss me aboutH4127 5 in the stormH7737.23YesH3588, I know thatH3045 You will bring me downH7725 to deathH4194,to the placeH1004 appointedH4150 for allH3605 the livingH2416.

24YetH389 no oneH3808 stretches outH7971 his handH3027 against a ruined manH5856whenH518 he cries for helpH7769 in his distressH6365.25 Have I notH3808 weptH1058 for those in troubleH7186 H3117?Has my soulH5315 not grievedH5701 for the needyH34?26But whenH3588 I hoped forH6960 goodH2896, evilH7451 cameH935;when I lookedH3176 for lightH216, darknessH652 fellH935.27I am churningH7570 withinH4578 and cannotH3808 restH1826;daysH3117 of afflictionH6040 confront meH6923.28I go aboutH1980 blackenedH6937, but notH3808 by the sunH2535.I stand upH6965 in the assemblyH6951 and cry for helpH7768.29I have becomeH1961 a brotherH251 of jackalsH8577,6a companionH7453 of ostrichesH1323 H3284.730My skinH5785 grows blackH7835 and peelsH4480 H5921,and my bonesH6106 burnH2787 with feverH2721.31My harpH3658 is tunedH1961 to mourningH60and my fluteH5748 to the soundH6963 of weepingH1058.

1. Job 30:4 Or their fuel ↩
2. Job 30:11 Hebrew the bridle ↩
3. Job 30:13 Or with no one to assist them ↩
4. Job 30:18 LXX; Hebrew He becomes like a garment to me or my garment is disfigured ↩
5. Job 30:22 Or You dissolve me ↩
6. Job 30:29 Or serpents or dragons ↩
7. Job 30:29 Literally of daughters of an ostrich or of daughters of an owl ↩