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Job 30

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ But now they mock ⓐ me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to put with my sheep dogs.

² What use to me was the strength of their hands? Their vigor had left them.

³ Emaciated from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, the desolate wasteland by night.

⁴ They plucked mallow [1] ⓑ among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.

⁵ They were expelled from human society; people shouted at them as if they were thieves.

⁶ They are living on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.

⁷ They bray among the shrubs; they huddle beneath the thistles.

⁸ Foolish ⓒ men, without even a name. They were forced to leave the land.

⁹ Now I am mocked by their songs; ⓓ I have become an object of scorn to them.

¹⁰ They despise me and keep their distance from me; ⓔ they do not hesitate to spit ⓕ in my face.

¹¹ Because God has loosened my [2] bowstring and oppressed me, they have cast off restraint in my presence. ⓖ

¹² The rabble [3] rise up at my right; they trap [4] my feet and construct their siege ramp [5] against me. ⓗ

¹³ They tear up my path; they contribute to my destruction, ⓘ without anyone to help them.

¹⁴ They advance as through a gaping breach; they keep rolling in through the ruins. ⓙ

¹⁵ Terrors ⓚ are turned loose against me; they chase my dignity away like the wind, and my prosperity has passed by like a cloud.

¹⁶ Now my life is poured out before my eyes, and days of suffering ⓛ have seized me.

¹⁷ Night pierces my bones, but my gnawing pains never rest. ⓜ

¹⁸ My clothing is distorted with great force; He chokes me by the neck of my garment. [6]

¹⁹ He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes. ⓝ

²⁰ I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me; ⓞ when I stand up, You merely look at me.

²¹ You have turned against me with cruelty; You harass ⓟ me with Your strong hand.

²² You lift me up on the wind and make me ride it; You scatter me in the storm. ⓠ

²³ Yes, I know that You will lead me to death — the place ⓡ appointed for all who live.

²⁴ Yet no one would stretch out his hand against a ruined man [7] when he cries out to him for help because of his distress. ⓢ

²⁵ Have I not wept for those who have fallen on hard times? Has my soul not grieved for the needy? ⓣ

²⁶ But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness ⓤ came.

²⁷ I am churning within [8] and cannot rest; days of suffering confront me.

²⁸ I walk about blackened, but not by the sun. [9] I stood in the assembly and cried out for help.

²⁹ I have become a brother to jackals and a companion of ostriches.

³⁰ My skin blackens and flakes off, [10] and my bones burn with fever. ⓥ

³¹ My lyre is used for mourning and my flute for the sound of weeping. ⓦ

#	HCSB
1	But now they mock ⓐ me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to put with my sheep dogs.
2	What use to me was the strength of their hands? Their vigor had left them.
3	Emaciated from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, the desolate wasteland by night.
4	They plucked mallow [1] ⓑ among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.
5	They were expelled from human society; people shouted at them as if they were thieves.
6	They are living on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.
7	They bray among the shrubs; they huddle beneath the thistles.
8	Foolish ⓒ men, without even a name. They were forced to leave the land.
9	Now I am mocked by their songs; ⓓ I have become an object of scorn to them.
10	They despise me and keep their distance from me; ⓔ they do not hesitate to spit ⓕ in my face.
11	Because God has loosened my [2] bowstring and oppressed me, they have cast off restraint in my presence. ⓖ
12	The rabble [3] rise up at my right; they trap [4] my feet and construct their siege ramp [5] against me. ⓗ
13	They tear up my path; they contribute to my destruction, ⓘ without anyone to help them.
14	They advance as through a gaping breach; they keep rolling in through the ruins. ⓙ
15	Terrors ⓚ are turned loose against me; they chase my dignity away like the wind, and my prosperity has passed by like a cloud.
16	Now my life is poured out before my eyes, and days of suffering ⓛ have seized me.
17	Night pierces my bones, but my gnawing pains never rest. ⓜ
18	My clothing is distorted with great force; He chokes me by the neck of my garment. [6]
19	He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes. ⓝ
20	I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me; ⓞ when I stand up, You merely look at me.
21	You have turned against me with cruelty; You harass ⓟ me with Your strong hand.
22	You lift me up on the wind and make me ride it; You scatter me in the storm. ⓠ
23	Yes, I know that You will lead me to death — the place ⓡ appointed for all who live.
24	Yet no one would stretch out his hand against a ruined man [7] when he cries out to him for help because of his distress. ⓢ
25	Have I not wept for those who have fallen on hard times? Has my soul not grieved for the needy? ⓣ
26	But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness ⓤ came.
27	I am churning within [8] and cannot rest; days of suffering confront me.
28	I walk about blackened, but not by the sun. [9] I stood in the assembly and cried out for help.
29	I have become a brother to jackals and a companion of ostriches.
30	My skin blackens and flakes off, [10] and my bones burn with fever. ⓥ
31	My lyre is used for mourning and my flute for the sound of weeping. ⓦ

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^{Job 30:3 [45]} Or gnawed

^{Job 30:4 [46]} Or fuel

^{Job 30:12 [47]} The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

^{Job 30:18 [48]} Hebrew; Septuagint power he grasps my clothing

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