Job 30:1 But now they that are younger6810 3117 than I{Heb. of fewer days than I} have me in derision,7832 whose fathers1 I would have disdained3988 to have set7896 with the dogs3611 of my flock.6629 cr 2 Yea, whereto4100 might the strength3581 of their hands3027 profit me, in whom old age3624 was perished?6 cr 3 For want2639 and famine3720 they were solitary;1565{Or, dark as the night} fleeing6207 into the wilderness6723 in former time570{Heb. yesternight} desolate7722 and waste.4875 cr 4 Who cut up6998 mallows4408 by the bushes,7880 and juniper7574 roots8328 for their meat.3899 cr 5 They were driven forth1644 from among1460 men, (they cried7321 after them as after a thief;)1590 cr 6 To dwell7931 in the clifts6178 of the valleys,5158 in caves2356{Heb. holes} of the earth,6083 and in the rocks.3710 cr 7 Among the bushes7880 they brayed;5101 under the nettles2738 they were gathered together.5596 cr 8 They were children1121 of fools,5036 yea, children1121 of base men:8034{Heb. men of no name} they were viler5217 than the earth.776 cr 9 And now am I their song,5058 yea, I am their byword.4405 cr 10 They abhor8581 me, they flee far7368 from me, and spare2820 not to spit7536 in my face.6440{Heb. and withhold not spittle from my face} cr 11 Because he hath loosed6605 my cord,3499 and afflicted6031 me, they have also let loose7971 the bridle7448 before6440 me. cr 12 Upon my right3225 hand rise6965 the youth;6526 they push away7971 my feet,7272 and they raise up5549 against me the ways734 of their destruction.343 cr 13 They mar5420 my path,5410 they set forward3276 my calamity,1942 1962 they have no helper.5826 cr 14 They came857 upon me as a wide7342 breaking6556 in of waters: in8478 the desolation7722 they rolled1556 themselves upon me. cr 15 Terrors1091 are turned2015 upon me: they pursue7291 my soul5082{Heb. my principal one} as the wind:7307 and my welfare3444 passeth away5674 as a cloud.5645 cr

Job 30:16 And now my soul5315 is poured out8210 upon me; the days3117 of affliction6040 have taken hold270 upon me. cr 17 My bones6106 are pierced5365 in me in the night season:3915 and my sinews6207 take no rest.7901 cr 18 By the great7230 force3581 of my disease is my garment3830 changed:2664 it bindeth me about247 as the collar6310 of my coat.3801 cr 19 He hath cast3384 me into the mire,2563 and I am become like4911 dust6083 and ashes.665 cr 20 I cry7768 unto thee, and thou dost not hear6030 me: I stand up,5975 and thou regardest995 me not. cr 21 Thou art become2015 cruel393{Heb. turned to be cruel} to me: with thy strong6108 hand3027{Heb. the strength of thy hand} thou opposest7852 thyself against me. cr 22 Thou liftest me up5375 to the wind;7307 thou causest me to ride7392 upon it, and dissolvest4127 my substance.8454 7738{Or, wisdom} cr 23 For I know3045 that thou wilt bring7725 me to death,4194 and to the house1004 appointed4150 for all living.2416 cr

Job 30:24 Howbeit he will not stretch out7971 his hand3027 to the grave,1164{Heb. heap} though they cry7769 in his destruction.6365 cr 25 Did not I weep1058 for him that was in trouble?7186 3117{Heb. for him that was hard of day} was not my soul5315 grieved5701 for the poor?34 cr 26 When I looked6960 for good,2896 then evil7451 came935 unto me: and when I waited3176 for light,216 there came935 darkness.652 cr 27 My bowels4578 boiled,7570 and rested1826 not: the days3117 of affliction6040 prevented6923 me. cr 28 I went1980 mourning6937 without the sun:2535 I stood up,6965 and I cried7768 in the congregation.6951 cr 29 I am a brother251 to dragons,8577 and a companion7453 to owls.1323 3284{Or, ostriches} cr 30 My skin5785 is black7835 upon me, and my bones6106 are burned2787 with heat.2721 cr 31 My harp3658 also is turned to mourning,60 and my organ5748 into the voice6963 of them that weep.1058 cr