Job 29 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Job 30

¹“But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I considered unworthy to put with my sheep dogs.

KJVBut now they that are younger^H6810^H3117 than I have me in derision^H7832^(H8804), whose fathers^H1 I would have disdained^H3988^(H8804) to have set^H7896^(H8800) with the dogs^H3611 of my flock^H6629.

² Of what use is the strength of their hands to me, men in whom ripe age has perished?

KJVYea, whereto^H4100 might the strength^H3581 of their hands^H3027 profit me, in whom old age^H3624 was perished^H6^(H8804)?

³ They are gaunt from lack and famine. They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of waste and desolation.

KJVFor want^H2639 and famine^H3720 they were solitary^H1565; fleeing^H6207^(H8802) into the wilderness^H6723 in former time^H570 desolate^H7722 and waste^H4875.

⁴ They pluck salt herbs by the bushes. The roots of the broom tree are their food.

KJVWho cut up^H6998^(H8801) mallows^H4408 by the bushes^H7880, and juniper^H7574 roots^H8328 for their meat^H3899.

⁵ They are driven out from among men. They cry after them as after a thief,

KJVThey were driven forth^H1644^(H8792) from among^H1460 men,(they cried^H7321^(H8686) after them as after a thief^H1590;)

⁶ so that they live in frightful valleys, and in holes of the earth and of the rocks.

KJVTo dwell^H7931^(H8800) in the clifts^H6178 of the valleys^H5158, in caves^H2356 of the earth^H6083, and in the rocks^H3710.

⁷ They bray among the bushes. They are gathered together under the nettles.

KJVAmong the bushes^H7880 they brayed^H5101^(H8799); under the nettles^H2738 they were gathered together^H5596^(H8792).

⁸ They are children of fools, yes, children of wicked men. They were flogged out of the land.

KJVThey were children^H1121 of fools^H5036, yea, children^H1121 of base men^H8034: they were viler^H5217^(H8738) than the earth^H776.

⁹ “Now I have become their song. Yes, I am a byword to them.

KJVAnd now am I their song^H5058, yea, I am their byword^H4405.

¹⁰ They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, and don’t hesitate to spit in my face.

KJVThey abhor^H8581^(H8765) me, they flee far^H7368^(H8804) from me, and spare^H2820^(H8804) not to spit^H7536 in my face^H6440.

¹¹ For he has untied his cord, and afflicted me; and they have thrown off restraint before me.

KJVBecause he hath loosed^H6605^(H8765) my cord^H3499, and afflicted^H6031^(H8762) me, they have also let loose^H7971^(H8765) the bridle^H7448 before^H6440 me.

¹² On my right hand rise the rabble. They thrust aside my feet. They cast their ways of destruction up against me.

KJVUpon my right^H3225 hand rise^H6965^(H8799) the youth^H6526; they push away^H7971^(H8765) my feet^H7272, and they raise up^H5549^(H8799) against me the ways^H734 of their destruction^H343.

¹³ They mar my path. They promote my destruction without anyone’s help.

KJVThey mar^H5420^(H8804) my path^H5410, they set forward^H3276^(H8686) my calamity^H1942^(H8675)^H1962, they have no helper^H5826^(H8802).

¹⁴ As through a wide breach they come. They roll themselves in amid the ruin.

KJVThey came^H857^(H8799) upon me as a wide^H7342 breaking^H6556 in of waters: in^H8478 the desolation^H7722 they rolled^H1556^(H8701) themselves upon me.

¹⁵ Terrors have turned on me. They chase my honor as the wind. My welfare has passed away as a cloud.

KJVTerrors^H1091 are turned^H2015^(H8717) upon me: they pursue^H7291^(H8799) my soul^H5082 as the wind^H7307: and my welfare^H3444 passeth away^H5674^(H8804) as a cloud^H5645.

¹⁶ “Now my soul is poured out within me. Days of affliction have taken hold of me.

KJVAnd now my soul^H5315 is poured out^H8210^(H8691) upon me; the days^H3117 of affliction^H6040 have taken hold^H270^(H8799) upon me.

¹⁷ In the night season my bones are pierced in me, and the pains that gnaw me take no rest.

KJVMy bones^H6106 are pierced^H5365^(H8765) in me in the night season^H3915: and my sinews^H6207^(H8802) take no rest^H7901^(H8799).

¹⁸ My garment is disfigured by great force. It binds me about as the collar of my tunic.

KJVBy the great^H7230 force^H3581 of my disease is my garment^H3830 changed^H2664^(H8691): it bindeth me about^H247^(H8799) as the collar^H6310 of my coat^H3801.

¹⁹ He has cast me into the mire. I have become like dust and ashes.

KJVHe hath cast^H3384^(H8689) me into the mire^H2563, and I am become like^H4911^(H8691) dust^H6083 and ashes^H665.

²⁰ I cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze at me.

KJVI cry^H7768^(H8762) unto thee, and thou dost not hear^H6030^(H8799) me: I stand up^H5975^(H8804), and thou regardest^H995^(H8709) me not.

²¹ You have turned to be cruel to me. With the might of your hand you persecute me.

KJVThou art become^H2015^(H8735) cruel^H393 to me: with thy strong^H6108 hand^H3027 thou opposest^H7852^(H8799) thyself against me.

²² You lift me up to the wind, and drive me with it. You dissolve me in the storm.

KJVThou liftest me up^H5375^(H8799) to the wind^H7307; thou causest me to ride^H7392^(H8686) upon it, and dissolvest^H4127^(H8787) my substance^H8454^(H8675)^H7738^(H8762).

²³ For I know that you will bring me to death, to the house appointed for all living.

KJVFor I know^H3045^(H8804) that thou wilt bring^H7725^(H8686) me to death^H4194, and to the house^H1004 appointed^H4150 for all living^H2416.

²⁴ “However doesn’t one stretch out a hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?

KJVHowbeit he will not stretch out^H7971^(H8799) his hand^H3027 to the grave^H1164, though they cry^H7769 in his destruction^H6365.

²⁵ Didn’t I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn’t my soul grieved for the needy?

KJVDid not I weep^H1058^(H8804) for him that was in trouble^H7186^H3117? was not my soul^H5315 grieved^H5701^(H8804) for the poor^H34?

²⁶ When I looked for good, then evil came. When I waited for light, darkness came.

KJVWhen I looked^H6960^(H8765) for good^H2896, then evil^H7451 came^H935^(H8799) unto me: and when I waited^H3176^(H8762) for light^H216, there came^H935^(H8799) darkness^H652.

²⁷ My heart is troubled, and doesn’t rest. Days of affliction have come on me.

KJVMy bowels^H4578 boiled^H7570^(H8795), and rested^H1826^(H8804) not: the days^H3117 of affliction^H6040 prevented^H6923^(H8765) me.

²⁸ I go mourning without the sun. I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.

KJVI went^H1980^(H8765) mourning^H6937^(H8802) without the sun^H2535: I stood up^H6965^(H8804), and I cried^H7768^(H8762) in the congregation^H6951.

²⁹ I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.

KJVI am a brother^H251 to dragons^H8577, and a companion^H7453 to owls^H1323^H3284.

³⁰ My skin grows black and peels from me. My bones are burned with heat.

KJVMy skin^H5785 is black^H7835^(H8804) upon me, and my bones^H6106 are burned^H2787^(H8804) with heat^H2721.

³¹ Therefore my harp has turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of those who weep.

KJVMy harp^H3658 also is turned to mourning^H60, and my organ^H5748 into the voice^H6963 of them that weep^H1058^(H8802).

WEB·Job 29

¹Job again took up his parable, and said,

KJVMoreover Job^H347 continued^H3254^(H8686)^H5375^(H8800) his parable^H4912, and said^H559^(H8799),

² “Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;

KJVOh that^H5414^(H8799) I were as in months^H3391 past^H6924, as in the days^H3117 when God^H433 preserved^H8104^(H8799) me;

³ when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,

KJVWhen his candle^H5216 shined^H1984^(H8800) upon my head^H7218, and when by his light^H216 I walked^H3212^(H8799) through darkness^H2822;

⁴ as I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was in my tent,

KJVAs I was in the days^H3117 of my youth^H2779, when the secret^H5475 of God^H433 was upon my tabernacle^H168;

⁵ when the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me,

KJVWhen the Almighty^H7706 was yet with me, when my children^H5288 were about^H5439 me;

⁶ when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me,

KJVWhen I washed^H7364^(H8800) my steps^H1978 with butter^H2529, and the rock^H6697 poured me out^H6694^(H8799) rivers^H6388 of oil^H8081;

⁷ when I went out to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street.

KJVWhen I went out^H3318^(H8800) to the gate^H8179 through the city^H7176, when I prepared^H3559^(H8686) my seat^H4186 in the street^H7339!

⁸ The young men saw me and hid themselves. The aged rose up and stood.

KJVThe young men^H5288 saw^H7200^(H8804) me, and hid^H2244^(H8738) themselves: and the aged^H3453 arose^H6965^(H8804), and stood up^H5975^(H8804).

⁹ The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

KJVThe princes^H8269 refrained^H6113^(H8804) talking^H4405, and laid^H7760^(H8799) their hand^H3709 on their mouth^H6310.

¹⁰ The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.

KJVThe nobles^H5057 held^H2244^(H8738) their peace^H6963, and their tongue^H3956 cleaved^H1692^(H8804) to the roof of their mouth^H2441.

¹¹ For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it commended me,

KJVWhen the ear^H241 heard^H8085^(H8804) me, then it blessed^H833^(H8762) me; and when the eye^H5869 saw^H7200^(H8804) me, it gave witness^H5749^(H8686) to me:

¹² because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had no one to help him,

KJVBecause I delivered^H4422^(H8762) the poor^H6041 that cried^H7768^(H8764), and the fatherless^H3490, and him that had none to help^H5826^(H8802) him.

¹³ the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

KJVThe blessing^H1293 of him that was ready to perish^H6^(H8802) came^H935^(H8799) upon me: and I caused the widow's^H490 heart^H3820 to sing for joy^H7442^(H8686).

¹⁴ I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

KJVI put^H3847^(H8804) on righteousness^H6664, and it clothed^H3847^(H8799) me: my judgment^H4941 was as a robe^H4598 and a diadem^H6797.

¹⁵ I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.

KJVI was eyes^H5869 to the blind^H5787, and feet^H7272 was I to the lame^H6455.

¹⁶ I was a father to the needy. I researched the cause of him whom I didn’t know.

KJVI was a father^H1 to the poor^H34: and the cause^H7379 which I knew^H3045^(H8804) not I searched out^H2713^(H8799).

¹⁷ I broke the jaws of the unrighteous and plucked the prey out of his teeth.

KJVAnd I brake^H7665^(H8762) the jaws^H4973 of the wicked^H5767, and plucked^H7993^(H8686) the spoil^H2964 out of his teeth^H8127.

¹⁸ Then I said, ‘I will die in my own house, I will count my days as the sand.

KJVThen I said^H559^(H8799), I shall die^H1478^(H8799) in my nest^H7064, and I shall multiply^H7235^(H8686) my days^H3117 as the sand^H2344.

¹⁹ My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch.

KJVMy root^H8328 was spread out^H6605^(H8803) by the waters^H4325, and the dew^H2919 lay all night^H3885^(H8799) upon my branch^H7105.

²⁰ My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.’

KJVMy glory^H3519 was fresh^H2319 in me^H5978, and my bow^H7198 was renewed^H2498^(H8686) in my hand^H3027.

²¹ “Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.

KJVUnto me men gave ear^H8085^(H8804), and waited^H3176^(H8765), and kept silence^H1826^(H8799) at^H3926 my counsel^H6098.

²² After my words they didn’t speak again. My speech fell on them.

KJVAfter^H310 my words^H1697 they spake not again^H8138^(H8799); and my speech^H4405 dropped^H5197^(H8799) upon them.

²³ They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.

KJVAnd they waited^H3176^(H8765) for me as for the rain^H4306; and they opened^H6473^(H8804) their mouth^H6310 wide as for the latter rain^H4456.

²⁴ I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn’t reject the light of my face.

KJVIf I laughed^H7832^(H8799) on them, they believed^H539^(H8686) it not; and the light^H216 of my countenance^H6440 they cast not down^H5307^(H8686).

²⁵ I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.

KJVI chose^H977^(H8799) out their way^H1870, and sat^H3427^(H8799) chief^H7218, and dwelt^H7931^(H8799) as a king^H4428 in the army^H1416, as one that comforteth^H5162^(H8762) the mourners^H57.

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