Job 30 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Job 31

¹“I made a covenant with my eyes; how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?

KJVI made^H3772^(H8804) a covenant^H1285 with mine eyes^H5869; why then should I think^H995^(H8709) upon a maid^H1330?

² For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from the Almighty on high?

KJVFor what portion^H2506 of God^H433 is there from above^H4605? and what inheritance^H5159 of the Almighty^H7706 from on high^H4791?

³ Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?

KJVIs not destruction^H343 to the wicked^H5767? and a strange^H5235 punishment to the workers^H6466^(H8802) of iniquity^H205?

⁴ Doesn’t he see my ways, and count all my steps?

KJVDoth not he see^H7200^(H8799) my ways^H1870, and count^H5608^(H8799) all my steps^H6806?

⁵ “If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit

KJVIf I have walked^H1980^(H8804) with vanity^H7723, or if my foot^H7272 hath hasted^H2363^(H8799) to deceit^H4820;

⁶ (let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);

KJVLet me be weighed^H8254^(H8799) in an even^H6664 balance^H3976, that God^H433 may know^H3045^(H8799) mine integrity^H8538.

⁷ if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands,

KJVIf my step^H838 hath turned out^H5186^(H8799) of the way^H1870, and mine heart^H3820 walked^H1980^(H8804) after^H310 mine eyes^H5869, and if any blot^H3971 hath cleaved^H1692^(H8804) to mine hands^H3709;

⁸ then let me sow, and let another eat. Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

KJVThen let me sow^H2232^(H8799), and let another^H312 eat^H398^(H8799); yea, let my offspring^H6631 be rooted out^H8327^(H8792).

⁹ “If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door,

KJVIf mine heart^H3820 have been deceived^H6601^(H8738) by a woman^H802, or if I have laid wait^H693^(H8804) at my neighbour's^H7453 door^H6607;

¹⁰ then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her.

KJVThen let my wife^H802 grind^H2912^(H8799) unto another^H312, and let others^H312 bow down^H3766^(H8799) upon her.

¹¹ For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges,

KJVFor this is an heinous crime^H2154; yea, it is an iniquity^H5771 to be punished by the judges^H6414.

¹² for it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.

KJVFor it is a fire^H784 that consumeth^H398^(H8799) to destruction^H11, and would root out^H8327^(H8762) all mine increase^H8393.

¹³ “If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me,

KJVIf I did despise^H3988^(H8799) the cause^H4941 of my manservant^H5650 or of my maidservant^H519, when they contended^H7379 with me;

¹⁴ what then will I do when God rises up? When he visits, what will I answer him?

KJVWhat then shall I do^H6213^(H8799) when God^H410 riseth up^H6965^(H8799)? and when he visiteth^H6485^(H8799), what shall I answer^H7725^(H8686) him?

¹⁵ Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?

KJVDid not he that made^H6213^(H8802) me in the womb^H990 make^H6213^(H8804) him? and did not one^H259 fashion^H3559^(H8787) us in the womb^H7358?

¹⁶ “If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

KJVIf I have withheld^H4513^(H8799) the poor^H1800 from their desire^H2656, or have caused the eyes^H5869 of the widow^H490 to fail^H3615^(H8762);

¹⁷ or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it

KJVOr have eaten^H398^(H8799) my morsel^H6595 myself alone, and the fatherless^H3490 hath not eaten^H398^(H8804) thereof;

¹⁸ (no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, I have guided her from my mother’s womb);

KJV(For from my youth^H5271 he was brought up^H1431^(H8804) with me, as with a father^H1, and I have guided^H5148^(H8686) her from my mother's^H517 womb^H990;)

¹⁹ if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;

KJVIf I have seen^H7200^(H8799) any perish^H6^(H8802) for want of clothing^H3830, or any poor^H34 without covering^H3682;

²⁰ if his heart hasn’t blessed me, if he hasn’t been warmed with my sheep’s fleece;

KJVIf his loins^H2504 have not blessed^H1288^(H8765) me, and if he were not warmed^H2552^(H8691) with the fleece^H1488 of my sheep^H3532;

²¹ if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate;

KJVIf I have lifted up^H5130^(H8689) my hand^H3027 against the fatherless^H3490, when I saw^H7200^(H8799) my help^H5833 in the gate^H8179:

²² then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.

KJVThen let mine arm^H3802 fall^H5307^(H8799) from my shoulder blade^H7929, and mine arm^H248 be broken^H7665^(H8735) from the bone^H7070.

²³ For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because of his majesty, I can do nothing.

KJVFor destruction^H343 from God^H410 was a terror^H6343 to me, and by reason of his highness^H7613 I could^H3201^(H8799) not endure.

²⁴ “If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence;’

KJVIf I have made^H7760^(H8804) gold^H2091 my hope^H3689, or have said^H559^(H8804) to the fine gold^H3800, Thou art my confidence^H4009;

²⁵ If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;

KJVIf I rejoiced^H8055^(H8799) because my wealth^H2428 was great^H7227, and because mine hand^H3027 had gotten^H4672^(H8804) much^H3524;

²⁶ if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,

KJVIf I beheld^H7200^(H8799) the sun^H216 when it shined^H1984^(H8686), or the moon^H3394 walking^H1980^(H8802) in brightness^H3368;

²⁷ and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth;

KJVAnd my heart^H3820 hath been secretly^H5643 enticed^H6601^(H8799), or my mouth^H6310 hath kissed^H5401^(H8799) my hand^H3027:

²⁸ this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have denied the God who is above.

KJVThis also were an iniquity^H5771 to be punished by the judge^H6416: for I should have denied^H3584^(H8765) the God^H410 that is above^H4605.

²⁹ “If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him

KJVIf I rejoiced^H8055^(H8799) at the destruction^H6365 of him that hated^H8130^(H8764) me, or lifted up^H5782^(H8712) myself when evil^H7451 found^H4672^(H8804) him:

³⁰ (I have certainly not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);

KJVNeither have I suffered^H5414^(H8804) my mouth^H2441 to sin^H2398^(H8800) by wishing^H7592^(H8800) a curse^H423 to his soul^H5315.

³¹ if the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?’

KJVIf the men^H4962 of my tabernacle^H168 said^H559^(H8804) not, Oh that we had^H5414^(H8799) of his flesh^H1320! we cannot be satisfied^H7646^(H8799).

³² (the foreigner has not camped in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler);

KJVThe stranger^H1616 did not lodge^H3885^(H8799) in the street^H2351: but I opened^H6605^(H8799) my doors^H1817 to the traveller^H734.

³³ if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart,

KJVIf I covered^H3680^(H8765) my transgressions^H6588 as Adam^H121, by hiding^H2934^(H8800) mine iniquity^H5771 in my bosom^H2243:

³⁴ because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and didn’t go out of the door—

KJVDid I fear^H6206^(H8799) a great^H7227 multitude^H1995, or did the contempt^H937 of families^H4940 terrify^H2865^(H8686) me, that I kept silence^H1826^(H8799), and went not out^H3318^(H8799) of the door^H6607?

³⁵ oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me! Let the accuser write my indictment!

KJVOh that^H5414^(H8799) one would hear^H8085^(H8802) me! behold, my desire^H8420 is, that the Almighty^H7706 would answer^H6030^(H8799) me, and that mine adversary^H376^H7379 had written^H3789^(H8804) a book^H5612.

³⁶ Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, and I would bind it to me as a crown.

KJVSurely I would take^H5375^(H8799) it upon my shoulder^H7926, and bind^H6029^(H8799) it as a crown^H5850 to me.

³⁷ I would declare to him the number of my steps. I would go near to him like a prince.

KJVI would declare^H5046^(H8686) unto him the number^H4557 of my steps^H6806; as a prince^H5057 would I go near^H7126^(H8762) unto him.

³⁸ If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together;

KJVIf my land^H127 cry^H2199^(H8799) against me, or that the furrows^H8525 likewise^H3162 thereof complain^H1058^(H8799);

³⁹ if I have eaten its fruits without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life,

KJVIf I have eaten^H398^(H8804) the fruits^H3581 thereof without money^H3701, or have caused the owners^H1167 thereof to lose^H5301^(H8689) their life^H5315:

⁴⁰ let briers grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.

KJVLet thistles^H2336 grow^H3318^(H8799) instead of wheat^H2406, and cockle^H890 instead of barley^H8184. The words^H1697 of Job^H347 are ended^H8552^(H8804).

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).

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