Job 30
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
World English Bible
1But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
1“But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I considered unworthy to put with my sheep dogs.
2Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? men in whom ripe age is perished.
2Of what use is the strength of their hands to me, men in whom ripe age has perished?
3They are gaunt with want and famine; they gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation.
3They are gaunt from lack and famine. They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of waste and desolation.
4They pluck salt-wort with wormwood; and the roots of the broom are their food.
4They pluck salt herbs by the bushes. The roots of the broom tree are their food.
5They are driven forth from the midst of men; they cry after them as after a thief.
5They are driven out from among men. They cry after them as after a thief,
6In the clefts of the valleys must they dwell, in holes of the earth and of the rocks.
6so that they live in frightful valleys, and in holes of the earth and of the rocks.
7Among the bushes they bray; under the nettles they are gathered together.
7They bray among the bushes. They are gathered together under the nettles.
8They are children of churls, yea, children of ignoble men; they were scourged out of the land.
8They are children of fools, yes, children of wicked men. They were flogged out of the land.
9And now I am become their song, yea, I am a byword unto them.
9“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.
10They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, and don’t hesitate to spit in my face.
11For He hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, and they have cast off the bridle before me.
11For he has untied his cord, and afflicted me; and they have thrown off restraint before me.
12Upon my right hand rise the brood; they entangle my feet, and they cast up against me their ways of destruction.
12On my right hand rise the rabble. They thrust aside my feet. They cast their ways of destruction up against me.
13They break up my path, they further my calamity, even men that have no helper.
13They mar my path. They promote my destruction without anyone’s help.
14As through a wide breach they come; in the midst of the ruin they roll themselves upon me.
14As through a wide breach they come. They roll themselves in amid the ruin.
15Terrors are turned upon me, they chase mine honour as the wind; and my welfare is passed away as a cloud.
15Terrors 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 within me; days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
16“Now my soul is poured out within me. Days of affliction have taken hold of me.
17In the night my bones are pierced, and fall from me, and my sinews take no rest.
17In 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 disfigured; it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
18My 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.
19He has cast me into the mire. I have become like dust and ashes.
20I cry unto Thee, and Thou dost not answer me; I stand up, and Thou lookest at me.
20I cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze at me.
21Thou art turned to be cruel to me; with the might of Thy hand Thou hatest me.
21You 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 Thou dissolvest my substance.
22You 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.
23For I know that you will bring me to death, to the house appointed for all living.
24Surely none shall put forth his hand to a ruinous heap, neither because of these things shall help come in one's calamity,
24“However doesn’t one stretch out a hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?
25If I have not wept for him that was in trouble, and if my soul grieved not for the needy.
25Didn’t I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn’t my soul grieved for the needy?
26Yet, when I looked for good, there came evil; and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
26When I looked for good, then evil came. When I waited for light, darkness came.
27Mine inwards boil, and rest not; days of affliction are come upon me.
27My heart is troubled, and doesn’t rest. Days of affliction have come on me.
28I go mourning without the sun; I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
28I go mourning without the sun. I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
29I am become a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.
29I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.
30My skin is black, and falleth from me, and my bones are burned with heat.
30My skin grows black and peels from me. My bones are burned with heat.
31Therefore is my harp turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of them that weep.
31Therefore my harp has turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of those who weep.
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