Job

Job 30

1Job lamenteth the change of his honour into extreme contempt; 15and of his prosperity into the deepest distress.

1BUT now they that are ¹younger than I ^ahave me in derision, ^bwhose fathers I would have ^cdisdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

a ch. 19.13-19. 2Ki. 2.23. Is. 3.5. b ch. 24.4-8. c v.2-8. Tit. 1.12.

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

3For want and famine they were ²solitary; ^dfleeing into the wilderness ³in former time desolate and waste.

d He. 11.37,38. Pr. 23.21.

4Who ^ecut up ^*mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their ^*meat.

e Am. 7.14. 2Ki. 4.39. Lu. 15.16.

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

f Ge. 21.10; 4.12,14. Ps. 109.10.

6To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in ⁴caves of the earth, and in the rocks.

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

g Ja. 4.2. Ge. 16.12. ch. 6.5; 11.12. Lu. 14.23.

8They were children of fools, yea, children of ^5*base men: they were ^*viler than the earth.

9And ^hnow am I their song, yea, I am their ^i*byword.

h Ps. 35.15,16; 69.12. La. 3.14,63. ch. 14.6. Re. 11.9,10. i ch. 17.6.

10^jThey abhor me, they flee far from me, ⁶and spare not to spit in my face.

j ch. 19.13,14. Is. 3.5; 49.7; 53.3. Am. 5.10. Zec. 11.8.

11^kBecause he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also ^llet loose the bridle before me.

k ch. 12.18. Ps. 39.9. l Ps. 35.15,16,19,21.

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

m Ps. 109.6. Zec. 3.1. ch. 19.15,16,18. v.1. Is. 3.5. 2Ki. 2.23. n ch. 19.12.

13They ^omar my path, they ^*set forward my calamity, they have no helper.

o Ac. 13.10. Zec. 1.15. Ps. 69.26.

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

p Ps. 18.4; 22.12,13,16; 69.1,2,15. Is. 8.7,8.

15^qTerrors are turned upon me: they pursue ⁷my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away ^ras a cloud.

q ch. 4.6; 9.27,28; 7.14; 10.16. Ps. 88.15. Je. 17.17. r Ho. 4.6; 13.3. ch. 7.9.

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

s 1Sa. 1.15. Ps. 22.14; 42.4; 40.11-13.

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

t ch. 33.19. Ps. 6.2,6. Is. 38.13.

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

u ch. 2.7; 7.5,15; 9.31.

19He hath ^vcast me into the mire, and I am become like ^wdust and ashes.

v ch. 9.31. Ps. 40.2; 69.1,2. w ch. 2.8. Ge. 18.27.

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

x Je. 15.1. Ps. 22.2; 80.4,5. Mat. 15.23. La. 3.8,44.

21Thou art ⁸become cruel to me: with ⁹thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.

22Thou ^yliftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it , and dissolvest my ¹⁰substance.

y Ps. 55.8. Is. 27.8. Eze. 5.2. ch. 1.19. Ho. 13.15. Je. 4.11,12.

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

z Ec. 12.5. He. 9.27. Ge. 3.19. 2Sa. 14.14.

24Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the ¹¹grave, though they cry in his destruction.

25^aDid not I weep ¹²for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?

a Ps. 35.13,14. Ro. 12.15. He. 13.3. ch. 31.17-20. Ga. 6.2.

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

b Je. 14.19; 15.18; 8.15. Mi. 1.12. Ps. 69.20. Is. 59.9.

27My ^cbowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction ^*prevented me.

c La. 1.16,20. Ps. 22.14; 32.3,4; 39.3. Je. 4.19. ch. 19.12.

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

d Ps. 38.6; 42.9; 43.2. La. 3.1,2. Je. 20.8,9. Ca. 1.5,6.

29^eI am a brother to ^*dragons, and a companion to ¹³owls.

e Ps. 102.6; 57.4. Mi. 1.8. Is. 38.14.

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

f Ps. 119.83; 102.3. La. 4.8; 5.10.

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

g Is. 38.17; 21.4. 2Sa. 19.2. La. 5.15. Am. 8.10. ch. 21.12.