Job 30
1 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
But now people much younger than me laugh at me; people whose fathers I would not put to work with my sheepdogs.
2 also strength hand their to/for what? to/for me upon them to perish vigor
They are too weak to be any use to me; they're all worn-out.
3 in/on/with poverty and in/on/with famine solitary [the] to gnaw dryness last night devastation and desolation
Thin through hunger and want, they try to eat the dry ground in the dark, desolate wilderness.
4 [the] to pluck mallow upon bush and root broom food their
There they pick desert herbs and the leaves of bushes, and eat the roots of broom trees.
5 from midst to drive out: drive out to shout upon them like/as thief
They were driven out of the community.
6 in/on/with dreadful torrent: river to/for to dwell hole dust and rock
People shouted after them as if they were thieves. They have to live in dangerous ravines, in caves and among the rocks.
7 between bush to bray underneath: under nettle to attach
They shout out like animals among the bushes; they huddle together in the weeds for shelter.
8 son: type of foolish also son: child without name to whip from [the] land: country/planet
They are foolish, nameless people that have been driven from the land.
9 and now music their to be and to be to/for them to/for speech
Yet now they mock me in their songs; I have become a joke to them!
10 to abhor me to remove from me and from face my not to withhold spittle
They despise and shun me; they don't hesitate to spit in my face.
11 for (cord my *QK) to open and to afflict me and bridle from face my to send: depart
God has made my bowstring loose and humbled me.
12 upon right brood to arise: rise foot my to send: depart and to build upon me way calamity their
The rabble rise up against me, they send me running; like a city under siege they devise ways to destroy me.
13 to break path my to/for desire my to gain not to help to/for them
They cut off my way of escape; they bring about my downfall and do this without anyone's help.
14 like/as breach broad: wide to come underneath: stand devastation to roll
They come in through a wide breach; they rush in as the wall comes tumbling down.
15 to overturn upon me terror to pursue like/as spirit: breath honor my and like/as cloud to pass salvation my
Terrors overcome me; my honor is blown away by the wind; my salvation vanishes like a cloud.
16 and now upon me to pour: pour soul my to grasp me day affliction
And now my life is ebbing away; every day despair grips me.
17 night bone my to dig from upon me and to gnaw me not to lie down: sleep [emph?]
At night my bones are in agony; the pain gnaws at me and never stops.
18 in/on/with many strength to search clothing my like/as lip: edge tunic my to gird me
God grabs me roughly by my clothes; he pulls me by the collar of my shirt.
19 to shoot me to/for clay and to liken like/as dust and ashes
He has thrown me in the mud; he has humbled me like dust and ashes.
20 to cry to(wards) you and not to answer me to stand: stand and to understand in/on/with me
God, I cry to you but you don't answer; I stand before you, but you don't even notice me.
21 to overturn to/for cruel to/for me in/on/with strength hand: power your to hate me
You have turned cruel to me; you use your power to make me suffer.
22 to lift: raise me to(wards) spirit: breath to ride me and to melt me (wisdom *QK)
You pick me up and blow me along in the wind; tossing me about in the whirlwind.
23 for to know death to return: return me and house: home meeting: time appointed to/for all alive
I know you're taking me to my death, to the place where all the living go.
24 surely not in/on/with ruin to send: reach hand if: surely yes in/on/with disaster his to/for them cry
Who would want to kick a man when he is down, when they cry for help in their time of trouble?
25 if: surely no not to weep to/for severe day be grieved soul my to/for needy
Didn't I weep for those having hard times? Didn't I grieve at what the poor suffered?
26 for good to await and to come (in): come bad: evil and to wait: hope to/for light and to come (in): come darkness
But when I looked for good, only evil came, and when I waited for the light, all that came was darkness.
27 belly my to boil and not to silence: stationary to meet me day affliction
Inside I am in turmoil, it never stops; I face days of despair.
28 be dark to go: walk in/on/with not heat to arise: establish in/on/with assembly to cry
I am so depressed; seeing the sun doesn't help. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
29 brother: male-sibling to be to/for jackal and neighbor to/for daughter ostrich
I am like a brother to the jackals, a companion to owls.
30 skin my be black from upon me and bone my to scorch from drought
My skin turns black on me; and my bones burn within me.
31 and to be to/for mourning lyre my and pipe my to/for voice to weep
My lyre only plays sad songs, and my pipe is the voice of those who weep.
