Job 30

1 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, Whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

But 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.

2 Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? Men in whom ripe age is perished.

Yes, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?

3 They are gaunt with want and famine; They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation.

For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.

4 They pluck salt-wort by the bushes; And the roots of the broom are their food.

Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.

5 They are driven forth from the midst [of men]; They cry after them as after a thief;

They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief; )

6 So that they dwell in frightful valleys, In holes of the earth and of the rocks.

To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.

7 Among the bushes they bray; Under the nettles they are gathered together.

Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.

8 [They are] children of fools, yea, children of base men; They were scourged out of the land.

They were children of fools, yes, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.

9 And now I am become their song, Yea, I am a byword unto them.

And now am I their song, yes, I am their byword.

10 They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, And spare not to spit in my face.

They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.

11 For he hath loosed his cord, and afflicted me; And they have cast off the bridle before me.

Because he has loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.

12 Upon my right hand rise the rabble; They thrust aside my feet, And they cast up against me their ways of destruction.

On my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.

13 They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, [Even] men that have no helper.

They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.

14 As through a wide breach they come: In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves [upon me].

They came on me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves on me.

15 Terrors are turned upon me; They chase mine honor as the wind; And my welfare is passed away as a cloud.

Terrors are turned on me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passes away as a cloud.

16 And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

And now my soul is poured out on me; the days of affliction have taken hold on me.

17 In the night season my bones are pierced in me, And the [pains] that gnaw me take no rest.

My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.

18 By [God’s] great force is my garment disfigured; It bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.

By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it binds me about as the collar of my coat.

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

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

20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me.

I cry to you, and you do not hear me: I stand up, and you regard me not.

21 Thou art turned to be cruel to me; With the might of thy hand thou persecutest me.

You are become cruel to me: with your strong hand you oppose yourself against me.

22 Thou liftest me up to the wind, thou causest me to ride [upon it]; And thou dissolvest me in the storm.

You lift me up to the wind; you cause me to ride on it, and dissolve my substance.

23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living.

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

24 Howbeit doth not one stretch out the hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?

However, he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.

25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?

Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?

26 When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness.

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

27 My heart is troubled, and resteth not; Days of affliction are come upon me.

My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.

28 I go mourning without the sun: I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.

I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.

29 I am a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches.

I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.

30 My skin is black, [and falleth] from me, And my bones are burned with heat.

My skin is black on me, and my bones are burned with heat.

31 Therefore is my harp [turned] to mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep.

My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.