Job 30

1But 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.

וְעַתָּה ׀ שָׂחֲקוּ עָלַי צְעִירִים מִמֶּנִּי לְיָמִים אֲשֶׁר־מָאַסְתִּי אֲבֹותָם לָשִׁית עִם־כַּלְבֵי צֹאנִי׃ (4219)

2Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?

גַּם־כֹּחַ יְדֵיהֶם לָמָּה לִּי עָלֵימֹו אָבַד כָּלַח׃ (476)

See also: Ecclesiastes 12:1

3For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.

בְּחֶסֶר וּבְכָפָן גַּלְמוּד הַעֹרְקִים צִיָּה אֶמֶשׁ שֹׁואָה וּמְשֹׁאָה׃ (2046)

See also: Job 24:5, Jeremiah 48:6, Daniel 4:25, Daniel 5:21, Job 15:23, Job 24:13-16, Psalms 109:10, Jeremiah 49:3, Ezekiel 26:20, Hebrews 11:38

4Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.

הַקֹּטְפִים מַלּוּחַ עֲלֵי־שִׂיחַ וְשֹׁרֶשׁ רְתָמִים לַחְמָם׃ (2370)

See also: Luke 15:16, 2 Kings 4:38-39, Amos 7:14

5They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)

מִן־גֵּו יְגֹרָשׁוּ יָרִיעוּ עָלֵימֹו כַּגַּנָּב׃ (1145)

See also: Isaiah 2:10, Daniel 4:25, Genesis 4:12-14, Exodus 22:2, Psalms 109:10, Daniel 4:32-33

6To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.

בַּעֲרוּץ נְחָלִים לִשְׁכֹּן חֹרֵי עָפָר וְכֵפִים׃ (1630)

See also: Judges 6:2, 1 Samuel 22:1-2, Isaiah 2:21, Isaiah 2:19, Revelation 6:15

7Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.

בֵּין־שִׂיחִים יִנְהָקוּ תַּחַת חָרוּל יְסֻפָּחוּ׃ (1817)

See also: Genesis 16:12, Job 6:5, Job 11:12, Matthew 27:44

8They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.

בְּנֵי־נָבָל גַּם־בְּנֵי בְלִי־שֵׁם נִכְּאוּ מִן־הָאָרֶץ׃ (1094)

9And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

וְעַתָּה נְגִינָתָם הָיִיתִי וָאֱהִי לָהֶם לְמִלָּה׃ (1671)

See also: Psalms 34:19, Job 17:6, Lamentations 3:63, Lamentations 3:14, Job 12:4, Psalms 35:15-16, Psalms 69:11-12, Judges 16:23, Judges 16:25, Psalms 44:14, Lamentations 3:46, Matthew 26:67, Luke 22:63, Psalms 22:7

10They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.

תִּעֲבוּנִי רָחֲקוּ מֶנִּי וּמִפָּנַי לֹא־חָשְׂכוּ רֹק׃ (1803)

See also: Numbers 12:14, Isaiah 50:6, Matthew 26:67, Psalms 88:8, Deuteronomy 25:9, Proverbs 14:20, Matthew 27:30, Mark 14:65, Job 17:6, Job 19:13-14, Job 19:19, Job 42:6, Proverbs 19:7, Zechariah 11:8, Matthew 26:56, Mark 10:34, John 18:22

11Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.

כִּי־ [יִתְרֹו כ] (יִתְרִי ק) פִתַּח וַיְעַנֵּנִי וְרֶסֶן מִפָּנַי שִׁלֵּחוּ׃ (2910)

See also: Job 12:21, Ruth 1:21, Job 12:18, 2 Samuel 16:5-8, Psalms 32:9, Psalms 35:21, Matthew 26:67-68, Matthew 27:39-44, James 1:26

12Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.

עַל־יָמִין פִּרְחַח יָקוּמוּ רַגְלַי שִׁלֵּחוּ וַיָּסֹלּוּ עָלַי אָרְחֹות אֵידָם׃ (2147)

See also: Job 19:12, Job 19:18, Psalms 140:4-5, Isaiah 3:5

13They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.

נָתְסוּ נְתִיבָתִי לְהַוָּתִי יֹעִילוּ לֹא עֹזֵר לָמֹו׃ (2349)

See also: Psalms 69:26, Isaiah 3:12, Zechariah 1:15

14They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.

כְּפֶרֶץ רָחָב יֶאֱתָיוּ תַּחַת אָה הִתְגַּלְגָּלוּ׃ (2318)

See also: 1 Chronicles 14:11, Genesis 43:18, Job 22:16, Psalms 18:4, Psalms 69:14-15, Psalms 88:17, Isaiah 8:7-8

15Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

הָהְפַּךְ עָלַי בַּלָּהֹות תִּרְדֹּף כָּרוּחַ נְדִבָתִי וּכְעָב עָבְרָה יְשֻׁעָתִי׃ (3212)

See also: Job 3:25, Job 6:4, Hosea 13:3, Job 7:9, Nahum 1:8, Job 31:23, Psalms 55:4-5, Psalms 88:15, Isaiah 44:22, Job 7:14, Job 9:27-28, Job 10:16, Job 35:15, Hosea 6:4

16And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

וְעַתָּה עָלַי תִּשְׁתַּפֵּךְ נַפְשִׁי יֹאחֲזוּנִי יְמֵי־עֹנִי׃ (2513)

See also: Psalms 22:14, Psalms 42:4, Job 3:24, Psalms 40:12, Isaiah 53:12, 1 Samuel 1:15

17My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.

לַיְלָה עֲצָמַי נִקַּר מֵעָלָי וְעֹרְקַי לֹא יִשְׁכָּבוּן׃ (1590)

See also: Job 33:19, Job 7:4, Psalms 6:2-6, Psalms 22:2, Isaiah 38:13, Job 2:7, Job 13:28, Psalms 38:2-8, Lamentations 4:8

18By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.

בְּרָב־כֹּחַ יִתְחַפֵּשׂ לְבוּשִׁי כְּפִי כֻתָּנְתִּי יַאַזְרֵנִי׃ (2646)

See also: Job 2:7, Job 7:5, Job 19:20, Psalms 38:5, Isaiah 1:5-6, Psalms 38:7

19He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

הֹרָנִי לַחֹמֶר וָאֶתְמַשֵּׁל כֶּעָפָר וָאֵפֶר׃ (1977)

See also: Job 42:6, Genesis 18:27, Job 9:31, Psalms 69:14, Job 16:15, Psalms 69:1-2, Jeremiah 38:6, Nahum 3:6, Job 2:8

20I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.

אֲשַׁוַּע אֵלֶיךָ וְלֹא תַעֲנֵנִי עָמַדְתִּי וַתִּתְבֹּנֶן בִּי׃ (2499)

See also: Lamentations 3:8, Job 19:7, Psalms 22:2, Psalms 80:4-5, Job 27:9, Lamentations 3:44, Matthew 15:23, Job 35:13

21Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.

תֵּהָפֵךְ לְאַכְזָר לִי בְּעֹצֶם יָדְךָ תִשְׂטְמֵנִי׃ (1848)

See also: Jeremiah 30:14, Job 10:14-17, Job 16:9-14, Job 10:3, Job 19:6-9, 1 Peter 5:6, Job 6:9, Job 7:20-21, Job 13:24, Job 13:25-28, Job 19:22, Job 23:6, Job 32:2, Job 33:10, Job 40:2, Psalms 77:7-9, Psalms 89:13

22Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.

תִּשָּׂאֵנִי אֶל־רוּחַ תַּרְכִּיבֵנִי וּתְמֹגְגֵנִי [תְּשֻׁוֶּה כ] (תּוּשִׁיָּה׃ ק) (3762)

See also: Job 27:21, Psalms 1:4, 2 Corinthians 5:1, Job 9:17, Job 21:18, Psalms 18:10, Psalms 104:3, Isaiah 17:13, Jeremiah 4:11-12, Ezekiel 5:2, Hosea 4:19, Hosea 13:3

23For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

כִּי־יָדַעְתִּי מָוֶת תְּשִׁיבֵנִי וּבֵית מֹועֵד לְכָל־חָי׃ (2378)

24Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.

אַךְ לֹא־בְעִי יִשְׁלַח־יָד אִם־בְּפִידֹו לָהֶן שׁוּעַ׃ (1100)

See also: Judges 5:31, Job 19:7, Psalms 35:25, Matthew 27:39-44, Ecclesiastes 3:20

25Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?

אִם־לֹא בָכִיתִי לִקְשֵׁה־יֹום עָגְמָה נַפְשִׁי לָאֶבְיֹון׃ (1662)

See also: Romans 12:15, John 11:35, Psalms 35:13, Jeremiah 13:17, Job 24:4, Job 31:16-21, Psalms 12:1, Proverbs 14:21, Proverbs 14:31, Proverbs 17:5, Proverbs 19:17, Proverbs 28:8, Isaiah 58:7-8, Jeremiah 18:20, Daniel 4:27, Luke 19:41, 2 Corinthians 9:9

26When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

כִּי טֹוב קִוִּיתִי וַיָּבֹא רָע וַאֲיַחֲלָה לְאֹור וַיָּבֹא אֹפֶל׃ (1289)

See also: Jeremiah 8:15, Job 3:25-26, Jeremiah 14:19, Lamentations 3:2, Job 18:6, Job 19:8, Job 23:17, Psalms 97:11, Isaiah 50:10, Isaiah 59:9, Micah 1:12, Job 3:9, Job 18:18, Job 29:18, Psalms 30:7, Psalms 42:9, Jeremiah 15:18

27My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.

מֵעַי רֻתְּחוּ וְלֹא־דָמּוּ קִדְּמֻנִי יְמֵי־עֹנִי׃ (1215)

See also: Lamentations 2:11, Lamentations 1:20, Psalms 22:4, Jeremiah 4:19, Jeremiah 31:20

28I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.

קֹדֵר הִלַּכְתִּי בְּלֹא חַמָּה קַמְתִּי בַקָּהָל אֲשַׁוֵּעַ׃ (1919)

See also: Psalms 38:6, Psalms 42:9, Psalms 43:2, Psalms 38:8, Job 19:7, Isaiah 53:3-4, Lamentations 3:1-3, Job 31:35, Isaiah 59:11

29I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.

אָח הָיִיתִי לְתַנִּים וְרֵעַ לִבְנֹות יַעֲנָה׃ (1873)

See also: Isaiah 38:14, Micah 1:8, Psalms 102:6, Psalms 44:19, Deuteronomy 14:15, Job 13:28, Job 17:14, Job 39:13, Malachi 1:3, Proverbs 18:9, Isaiah 13:21-22

30My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.

עֹורִי שָׁחַר מֵעָלָי וְעַצְמִי־חָרָה מִנִּי־חֹרֶב׃ (1683)

See also: Lamentations 4:8, Psalms 102:3, Psalms 119:83, Job 2:7, Lamentations 1:13, Lamentations 5:10, Psalms 32:3, Song of Solomon 1:6, Job 17:14, Job 19:20, Psalms 32:4, Psalms 39:11, Lamentations 3:4

31My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.

וַיְהִי לְאֵבֶל כִּנֹּרִי וְעֻגָבִי לְקֹול בֹּכִים׃ (703)

See also: Lamentations 5:15, James 4:9, Psalms 150:4, Isaiah 21:4, Psalms 137:1-4, Ecclesiastes 3:4, Isaiah 22:12, Isaiah 24:7-9, Lamentations 5:14, Daniel 6:18