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World English Bible

Job 30 (WEBP)

[1] “But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I considered unworthy to put with my sheep dogs.
[2] Of what use is the strength of their hands to me, men in whom ripe age has perished?
[3] They are gaunt from lack and famine. They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of waste and desolation.
[4] They pluck salt herbs by the bushes. The roots of the broom tree are their food.
[5] They are driven out from among men. They cry after them as after a thief,
[6] so that they live in frightful valleys, and in holes of the earth and of the rocks.
[7] They bray among the bushes. They are gathered together under the nettles.
[8] They are children of fools, yes, children of wicked men. They were flogged out of the land.
[9] “Now I have become their song. Yes, I am a byword to them.
[10] They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, and don’t hesitate to spit in my face.
[11] For he has untied his cord, and afflicted me; and they have thrown off restraint before me.
[12] On my right hand rise the rabble. They thrust aside my feet. They cast their ways of destruction up against me.
[13] They mar my path. They promote my destruction without anyone’s help.
[14] As through a wide breach they come. They roll themselves in amid the ruin.
[15] Terrors have turned on me. They chase my honor as the wind. My welfare has passed away as a cloud.
[16] “Now my soul is poured out within me. Days of affliction have taken hold of me.
[17] In the night season my bones are pierced in me, and the pains that gnaw me take no rest.
[18] My garment is disfigured by great force. It binds me about as the collar of my tunic.
[19] He has cast me into the mire. I have become like dust and ashes.
[20] I cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze at me.
[21] You have turned to be cruel to me. With the might of your hand you persecute me.
[22] You lift me up to the wind, and drive me with it. You dissolve me in the storm.
[23] For I know that you will bring me to death, to the house appointed for all living.
[24] “However doesn’t one stretch out a hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?
[25] Didn’t I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn’t my soul grieved for the needy?
[26] When I looked for good, then evil came. When I waited for light, darkness came.
[27] My heart is troubled, and doesn’t rest. Days of affliction have come on me.
[28] I go mourning without the sun. I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
[29] I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.
[30] My skin grows black and peels from me. My bones are burned with heat.
[31] Therefore my harp has turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of those who weep.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Job 30 (KJVS)

[1] 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, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, In whom old age was perished? ()
[3] For want and famine they were solitary; Fleeing () into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
[4] Who cut up () mallows by the bushes, And juniper roots for their meat.
[5] They were driven forth () from among men, (They cried () after them as after a thief;)
[6] To dwell () in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.
[7] Among the bushes they brayed; () Under the nettles they were gathered together. ()
[8] They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: They were viler () than the earth.
[9] And now am I their song, Yea, I am their byword.
[10] They abhor () me, they flee far () from me, And spare () not to spit in my face.
[11] Because he hath loosed () my cord, and afflicted () me, They have also let loose () the bridle before me.
[12] Upon 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, () They have no helper. ()
[14] They came () upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: In the desolation they rolled () themselves upon me.
[15] Terrors are turned () upon me: They pursue () my soul as the wind: And my welfare passeth away () as a cloud.
[16] And now my soul is poured out () upon me; The days of affliction have taken hold () upon me.
[17] My bones are pierced () in me in the night season: And my sinews () take no rest. ()
[18] By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: () It bindeth me about () as the collar of my coat.
[19] He hath cast () me into the mire, And I am become like () dust and ashes.
[20] I cry () unto thee, and thou dost not hear () me: I stand up, () and thou regardest () me not.
[21] Thou art become () cruel to me: With thy strong hand thou opposest () thyself against me.
[22] Thou liftest me up () to the wind; thou causest me to ride () upon it, And dissolvest () my substance. () ()
[23] For I know () that thou wilt bring () me to death, And to the house appointed for all living.
[24] Howbeit 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 poor?
[26] When I looked () for good, then evil came () unto me: And when I waited () for light, there came () darkness.
[27] My bowels boiled, () and rested () not: The days of affliction prevented () me.
[28] I went () mourning () without the sun: I stood up, () and I cried () in the congregation.
[29] I am a brother to dragons, And a companion to owls.
[30] My skin is black () upon me, And my bones are burned () with heat.
[31] My harp also is turned to mourning, And my organ into the voice of them that weep. ()

Job 30:1 Heb. of fewer days than I
Job 30:3a Or, dark as the night
Job 30:3b Heb. yesternight
Job 30:6 Heb. holes
Job 30:8 Heb. men of no name
Job 30:10 Heb. and withhold not spittle from my face
Job 30:15 Heb. my principal one
Job 30:21a Heb. turned to be cruel
Job 30:21b Heb. the strength of thy hand
Job 30:22 Or, wisdom
Job 30:24 Heb. heap
Job 30:25 Heb. for him that was hard of day
Job 30:29 Or, ostriches

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Job 30 (BYZ)

[1] νυνι δε κατεγελασαν μου ελαχιστοι νυν νουθετουσιν με εν μερει ων εξουδενουν πατερας αυτων ους ουχ ηγησαμην ειναι αξιους κυνων των εμων νομαδων
[2] και γε ισχυς χειρων αυτων ινα τι μοι επ αυτους απωλετο συντελεια
[3] εν ενδεια και λιμω αγονος οι φευγοντες ανυδρον εχθες συνοχην και ταλαιπωριαν
[4] οι περικλωντες αλιμα επι ηχουντι οιτινες αλιμα ην αυτων τα σιτα ατιμοι δε και πεφαυλισμενοι ενδεεις παντος αγαθου οι και ριζας ξυλων εμασωντο υπο λιμου μεγαλου
[5] επανεστησαν μοι κλεπται
[6] ων οι οικοι αυτων ησαν τρωγλαι πετρων
[7] ανα μεσον ευηχων βοησονται οι υπο φρυγανα αγρια διητωντο
[8] αφρονων υιοι και ατιμων ονομα και κλεος εσβεσμενον απο γης
[9] νυνι δε κιθαρα εγω ειμι αυτων και εμε θρυλημα εχουσιν
[10] εβδελυξαντο δε με αποσταντες μακραν απο δε προσωπου μου ουκ εφεισαντο πτυελον
[11] ανοιξας γαρ φαρετραν αυτου εκακωσεν με και χαλινον του προσωπου μου εξαπεστειλαν
[12] επι δεξιων βλαστου επανεστησαν ποδα αυτων εξετειναν και ωδοποιησαν επ εμε τριβους απωλειας αυτων
[13] εξετριβησαν τριβοι μου εξεδυσεν γαρ μου την στολην
[14] βελεσιν αυτου κατηκοντισεν με κεχρηται μοι ως βουλεται εν οδυναις πεφυρμαι
[15] επιστρεφονται δε μου αι οδυναι ωχετο μου η ελπις ωσπερ πνευμα και ωσπερ νεφος η σωτηρια μου
[16] και νυν επ εμε εκχυθησεται η ψυχη μου εχουσιν δε με ημεραι οδυνων
[17] νυκτι δε μου τα οστα συγκεκαυται τα δε νευρα μου διαλελυται
[18] εν πολλη ισχυι επελαβετο μου της στολης ωσπερ το περιστομιον του χιτωνος μου περιεσχεν με
[19] ηγησαι δε με ισα πηλω εν γη και σποδω μου η μερις
[20] κεκραγα δε προς σε και ουκ εισακουεις μου εστησαν και κατενοησαν με
[21] επεβης δε μοι ανελεημονως χειρι κραταια με εμαστιγωσας
[22] εταξας δε με εν οδυναις και απερριψας με απο σωτηριας
[23] οιδα γαρ οτι θανατος με εκτριψει οικια γαρ παντι θνητω γη
[24] ει γαρ οφελον δυναιμην εμαυτον χειρωσασθαι η δεηθεις γε ετερου και ποιησει μοι τουτο
[25] εγω δε επι παντι αδυνατω εκλαυσα εστεναξα δε ιδων ανδρα εν αναγκαις
[26] εγω δε επεχων αγαθοις ιδου συνηντησαν μοι μαλλον ημεραι κακων
[27] η κοιλια μου εξεζεσεν και ου σιωπησεται προεφθασαν με ημεραι πτωχειας
[28] στενων πεπορευμαι ανευ φιμου εστηκα δε εν εκκλησια κεκραγως
[29] αδελφος γεγονα σειρηνων εταιρος δε στρουθων
[30] το δε δερμα μου εσκοτωται μεγαλως τα δε οστα μου απο καυματος
[31] απεβη δε εις παθος μου η κιθαρα ο δε ψαλμος μου εις κλαυθμον εμοι

The Greek New Testament According to the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Dedicated to the public domain by Guardian Press, Inc. and J. Jeffrey Dodson.