< Job 30 >

1 But now, those younger in years scorn me, whose fathers I would not have seen fit to place with the dogs of my flock,
and now to laugh upon me little from me to/for day: old which to reject father their to/for to set: make with dog flock my
2 the strength of whose hands was nothing to me, and they were considered unworthy of life itself.
also strength hand their to/for what? to/for me upon them to perish vigor
3 They were barren from poverty and hunger; they gnawed in solitude, layered with misfortune and misery.
in/on/with poverty and in/on/with famine solitary [the] to gnaw dryness last night devastation and desolation
4 And they chewed grass and the bark from trees, and the root of junipers was their food.
[the] to pluck mallow upon bush and root broom food their
5 They took these things from the steep valleys, and when they discovered one of these things, they rushed to the others with a cry.
from midst to drive out: drive out to shout upon them like/as thief
6 They lived in the parched desert and in caves underground or above the rocks.
in/on/with dreadful torrent: river to/for to dwell hole dust and rock
7 They rejoiced among these kinds of things, and they considered it delightful to be under thorns.
between bush to bray underneath: under nettle to attach
8 These are the sons of foolish and base men, not even paying any attention to the land.
son: type of foolish also son: child without name to whip from [the] land: country/planet
9 Now I become their song, and I have been made into their proverb.
and now music their to be and to be to/for them to/for speech
10 They loathe me, and so they flee far from me, and they are not reluctant to spit in my face.
to abhor me to remove from me and from face my not to withhold spittle
11 For he has opened his quiver and has afflicted me, and he has placed a bridle in my mouth.
for (cord my *QK) to open and to afflict me and bridle from face my to send: depart
12 Immediately, upon rising, my calamities rise up to the right. They have overturned my feet and have pressed me down along their way like waves.
upon right brood to arise: rise foot my to send: depart and to build upon me way calamity their
13 They have diverted my journeys; they have waited to ambush me, and they have prevailed, and there was no one who might bring help.
to break path my to/for desire my to gain not to help to/for them
14 They have rushed upon me, as when a wall is broken or a gate opened, and they have been pulled down into my miseries.
like/as breach broad: wide to come underneath: stand devastation to roll
15 I have been reduced to nothing. You have taken away my desire like a wind, and my health has passed by like a cloud.
to overturn upon me terror to pursue like/as spirit: breath honor my and like/as cloud to pass salvation my
16 But now my soul withers within myself, and the days of affliction take hold of me.
and now upon me to pour: pour soul my to grasp me day affliction
17 At night, my bone is pierced with sorrows, and those who feed on me, do not sleep.
night bone my to dig from upon me and to gnaw me not to lie down: sleep [emph?]
18 By the sheer number of them my clothing is worn away, and they have closed in on me like the collar of my coat.
in/on/with many strength to search clothing my like/as lip: edge tunic my to gird me
19 I have been treated like dirt, and I have been turned into embers and ashes.
to shoot me to/for clay and to liken like/as dust and ashes
20 I cry to you, and you do not heed me. I stand up, and you do not look back at me.
to cry to(wards) you and not to answer me to stand: stand and to understand in/on/with me
21 You have changed me into hardness, and, with the hardness of your hand, you oppose me.
to overturn to/for cruel to/for me in/on/with strength hand: power your to hate me
22 You have lifted me up, and, placing me as if on the wind, you have thrown me down powerfully.
to lift: raise me to(wards) spirit: breath to ride me and to melt me (wisdom *QK)
23 I know that you will hand me over to death, where a home has been established for all the living.
for to know death to return: return me and house: home meeting: time appointed to/for all alive
24 Truly, then, you do not extend your hand in order to consume them, and if they fall down, you will save them.
surely not in/on/with ruin to send: reach hand if: surely yes in/on/with disaster his to/for them cry
25 Once, I wept over him who was afflicted, and my soul had compassion on the poor.
if: surely no not to weep to/for severe day be grieved soul my to/for needy
26 I expected good things, but evil things have come to me. I stood ready for light, yet darkness burst forth.
for good to await and to come (in): come bad: evil and to wait: hope to/for light and to come (in): come darkness
27 My insides have seethed, without any rest, for the days of affliction have prevented it.
belly my to boil and not to silence: stationary to meet me day affliction
28 I went forth mourning, without anger, and rising up, I cried out in confusion.
be dark to go: walk in/on/with not heat to arise: establish in/on/with assembly to cry
29 I was the brother of snakes, and the companion of ostriches.
brother: male-sibling to be to/for jackal and neighbor to/for daughter ostrich
30 My skin has become blackened over me, and my bones have dried up because of the heat.
skin my be black from upon me and bone my to scorch from drought
31 My harp has been turned into mourning, and my pipes have been turned into a voice of weeping.
and to be to/for mourning lyre my and pipe my to/for voice to weep

< Job 30 >