Job, Chapter 30:
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Verses from Job, Chapter 30 of the book of Job in the Bible.
- 1. “But now they mock me, men younger than me, men whose parents I would have despised to the point of not allowing them to even keep the dogs of my flock.
- 2. Of what use would the strength of your hands be to me, since their vigor has disappeared?
- 3. They are exhausted from so much suffering and hunger; They wander through arid and deserted lands, devastated and gloomy.
- 4. They pull up herbs in the bush and eat broom roots as their only food.
- 5. They are expelled from the camps shouting, as if they were thieves.
- 6. They have to live in the cracks of dry valleys, in caves and holes in the earth.
- 7. They roar among the bushes, they cower under the vegetation.
- 8. They are children of fools, nameless and worthless, expelled from the earth.
- 9. “But now they mock me with their songs; I became the object of their contempt.
- 10. They avoid me and don't hesitate to spit in my face.
- 11. God has relaxed my bow and afflicted me, and now they have no restraint in mistreating me.
- 12. They attack me from the right like a horde, they lay traps for my feet, building trenches against me.
- 13. They destroy my path, contributing to my destruction, without anyone stopping them.
- 14. They advance as though through a great breach, rushing into the ruins.
- 15. Terror turns against me; my honor is torn away like the wind, and my hope disappears like a cloud.
- 16. “My life is fading away, days of distress overtake me.
- 17. The night penetrates my bones; my pain does not cease.
- 18. God surrounds me with his greatness, he dresses me like a tunic.
- 19. He cast me into the mud, and I am reduced to dust and ashes.
- 20. “I called to you, O God, but I received no answer; I stand before you, but you just watch.
- 21. You have become cruel to me, you attack me with the power of your hand.
- 22. You catch me in the wind, cast me into the whirlwind and toss me from side to side in the storm.
- 23. I know that you will lead me to death, to the place destined for all living.
- 24. “No one extends a hand to someone in need when they cry out for help in the midst of their misfortune.
- 25. Did I not weep for the afflicted? Has my soul not been saddened by the plight of those in need?
- 26. Even so, when I expected good, evil came; When he was waiting for the light, darkness came.
- 27. I can't find peace or tranquility; the days of distress come upon me.
- 28. I am blackened, not by the sun; I stand up in the assembly and scream for help.
- 29. I became brother to jackals, companion to owls.
- 30. My skin has become dark and flakes, my body burns with fever.
- 31. My harp is tuned to lamentation, my flute to the sound of weeping.
