30:1 But now those who are younger than I make sport of me; those whose fathers I would not have put with the dogs of my flocks.
The BBE Book of Job , Chapter 30 , Verse 1 , But now those who are younger than I make sport of me; those whose fathers I would not have put with the dogs of my flocks.
30:2 Of what use is the strength of their hands to me? all force is gone from them.
The BBE Book of Job , Chapter 30 , Verse 2 , Of what use is the strength of their hands to me? all force is gone from them.
30:3 They are wasted for need of food, biting the dry earth; their only hope of life is in the waste land.
The BBE Book of Job , Chapter 30 , Verse 3 , They are wasted for need of food, biting the dry earth; their only hope of life is in the waste land.
30:4 They are pulling off the salt leaves from the brushwood, and making a meal of roots.
The BBE Book of Job , Chapter 30 , Verse 4 , They are pulling off the salt leaves from the brushwood, and making a meal of roots.
30:5 They are sent out from among their townsmen, men are crying after them as thieves
The BBE Book of Job , Chapter 30 , Verse 5 , They are sent out from among their townsmen, men are crying after them as thieves
30:6 They have to get a resting-place in the hollows of the valleys, in holes of the earth and rocks.
The BBE Book of Job , Chapter 30 , Verse 6 , They have to get a resting-place in the hollows of the valleys, in holes of the earth and rocks.
30:7 They make noises like asses among the brushwood; they get together under the thorns.
The BBE Book of Job , Chapter 30 , Verse 7 , They make noises like asses among the brushwood; they get together under the thorns.
30:8 They are sons of shame, and of men without a name, who have been forced out of the land.
The BBE Book of Job , Chapter 30 , Verse 8 , They are sons of shame, and of men without a name, who have been forced out of the land.
30:9 And now I have become their song, and I am a word of shame to them.
The BBE Book of Job , Chapter 30 , Verse 9 , And now I have become their song, and I am a word of shame to them.
30:10 I am disgusting to them; they keep away from me, and put marks of shame on me.
The BBE Book of Job , Chapter 30 , Verse 10 , I am disgusting to them; they keep away from me, and put marks of shame on me.
30:11 For he has made loose the cord of my bow, and put me to shame; he has sent down my flag to the earth before me.
The BBE Book of Job , Chapter 30 , Verse 11 , For he has made loose the cord of my bow, and put me to shame; he has sent down my flag to the earth before me.
30:12 The lines of his men of war put themselves in order, and make high their ways of destruction against me:
The BBE Book of Job , Chapter 30 , Verse 12 , The lines of his men of war put themselves in order, and make high their ways of destruction against me:
30:13 They have made waste my roads, with a view to my destruction; his bowmen come round about me;
The BBE Book of Job , Chapter 30 , Verse 13 , They have made waste my roads, with a view to my destruction; his bowmen come round about me;
30:14 As through a wide broken place in the wall they come on, I am overturned by the shock of their attack.
The BBE Book of Job , Chapter 30 , Verse 14 , As through a wide broken place in the wall they come on, I am overturned by the shock of their attack.
30:15 Fears have come on me; my hope is gone like the wind, and my well-being like a cloud.
The BBE Book of Job , Chapter 30 , Verse 15 , Fears have come on me; my hope is gone like the wind, and my well-being like a cloud.
30:16 But now my soul is turned to water in me, days of trouble overtake me:
The BBE Book of Job , Chapter 30 , Verse 16 , But now my soul is turned to water in me, days of trouble overtake me:
30:17 The flesh is gone from my bones, and they give me no rest; there is no end to my pains.
The BBE Book of Job , Chapter 30 , Verse 17 , The flesh is gone from my bones, and they give me no rest; there is no end to my pains.
30:18 With great force he takes a grip of my clothing, pulling me by the neck of my coat.
The BBE Book of Job , Chapter 30 , Verse 18 , With great force he takes a grip of my clothing, pulling me by the neck of my coat.
30:19 Truly God has made me low, even to the earth, and I have become like dust.
The BBE Book of Job , Chapter 30 , Verse 19 , Truly God has made me low, even to the earth, and I have become like dust.
30:20 You give no answer to my cry, and take no note of my prayer.
The BBE Book of Job , Chapter 30 , Verse 20 , You give no answer to my cry, and take no note of my prayer.
30:21 You have become cruel to me; the strength of your hand is hard on me.
The BBE Book of Job , Chapter 30 , Verse 21 , You have become cruel to me; the strength of your hand is hard on me.
30:22 Lifting me up, you make me go on the wings of the wind; I am broken up by the storm.
The BBE Book of Job , Chapter 30 , Verse 22 , Lifting me up, you make me go on the wings of the wind; I am broken up by the storm.
30:23 For I am certain that you will send me back to death, and to the meeting-place ordered for all living.
The BBE Book of Job , Chapter 30 , Verse 23 , For I am certain that you will send me back to death, and to the meeting-place ordered for all living.
30:24 Has not my hand been stretched out in help to the poor? have I not been a saviour to him in his trouble?
The BBE Book of Job , Chapter 30 , Verse 24 , Has not my hand been stretched out in help to the poor? have I not been a saviour to him in his trouble?
30:25 Have I not been weeping for the crushed? and was not my soul sad for him who was in need?
The BBE Book of Job , Chapter 30 , Verse 25 , Have I not been weeping for the crushed? and was not my soul sad for him who was in need?
30:26 For I was looking for good, and evil came; I was waiting for light, and it became dark.
The BBE Book of Job , Chapter 30 , Verse 26 , For I was looking for good, and evil came; I was waiting for light, and it became dark.
30:27 My feelings are strongly moved, and give me no rest; days of trouble have overtaken me.
The BBE Book of Job , Chapter 30 , Verse 27 , My feelings are strongly moved, and give me no rest; days of trouble have overtaken me.
30:28 I go about in dark clothing, uncomforted; I get up in the public place, crying out for help.
The BBE Book of Job , Chapter 30 , Verse 28 , I go about in dark clothing, uncomforted; I get up in the public place, crying out for help.
30:29 I have become a brother to the jackals, and go about in the company of ostriches.
The BBE Book of Job , Chapter 30 , Verse 29 , I have become a brother to the jackals, and go about in the company of ostriches.
30:30 My skin is black and dropping off me; and my bones are burning with the heat of my disease.
The BBE Book of Job , Chapter 30 , Verse 30 , My skin is black and dropping off me; and my bones are burning with the heat of my disease.
30:31 And my music has been turned to sorrow, and the sound of my pipe into the noise of weeping.
The BBE Book of Job , Chapter 30 , Verse 31 , And my music has been turned to sorrow, and the sound of my pipe into the noise of weeping.