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Job 30

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 30 of 42

1 ¶ But now the younger in days laugh at me; those whose fathers I would have refused to set with the dogs of my flock.

2 Also, what profit for me was the strength of their hands; for full vigor had perished from them?

3 They are lifeless with want and hunger, those who gnaw the dry ground which was formerly waste and desolation;

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Chapter Summary

1 Job's honor is turned into extreme contempt, 15 His prosperity into calamity.

Key Hebrew Words

בַּלָּהָה terrors H1091 · TWOT 247a
עֳנִי affliction H6040 · TWOT 1652e
יְשׁוּעָה prosperity, deliverance H3444 · TWOT 929b
שָׁוַע cry out for help H7768 · TWOT 2348
אֵ֫בֶל mourning H60 · TWOT 6a
קָהָל assembly H6951 · TWOT 1991a

People & Context

Job

Speaking throughout, he laments how the lowborn now mock him and how God has turned cruel, his honor become contempt.

Timeline

Job is Mocked by the Lowest of Men

Job contrasts his past honor with his present humiliation, noting that he is now mocked and spat upon by the wretched, hungry outcasts whose fathers he would not have even set with his sheepdogs.

Job 30:1-15
Job Laments His Agony and God's Perceived Cruelty

Job cries out that his days of affliction pierce his bones. He accuses God of casting him into the mire, ignoring his cries, tossing him in the storm, and making him a companion to jackals and ostriches.

Job 30:16-31

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