Job 30
1 and now to laugh upon me little from me to/for day: old which to reject father their to/for to set: make with dog flock my
But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
2 also strength hand their to/for what? to/for me upon them to perish vigor
Yea, the strength of their hands, to what should it profit me? Men in whom ripe age is perished.
3 in/on/with poverty and in/on/with famine solitary [the] to gnaw dryness last night devastation and desolation
They are gaunt with want and famine. They gnaw the dry ground in the gloom of waste and desolation.
4 [the] to pluck mallow upon bush and root broom food their
They pluck mallows by the bushes, and the roots of the juniper are their food.
5 from midst to drive out: drive out to shout upon them like/as thief
They are driven forth from the midst of men. They cry out after them as after a thief,
6 in/on/with dreadful torrent: river to/for to dwell hole dust and rock
so that they dwell in frightful valleys, in holes of the earth and of the rocks.
7 between bush to bray underneath: under nettle to attach
Among the bushes they bray, under the nettles they are gathered together.
8 son: type of foolish also son: child without name to whip from [the] land: country/planet
They are sons of fools, yea, sons of base men. They were scourged out of the land.
9 and now music their to be and to be to/for them to/for speech
And now I have become their song, Yea, I am a byword to them.
10 to abhor me to remove from me and from face my not to withhold spittle
They abhor me. They stand aloof from me, and do not spare to spit in my face.
11 for (cord my *Q(K)*) to open and to afflict me and bridle from face my to send: depart
For he has loosed his cord, and afflicted me. And they have cast off the bridle before me.
12 upon right brood to arise: rise foot my to send: depart and to build upon me way calamity their
Upon my right hand rise the rabble. They thrust aside my feet, and they cast up against me their ways of destruction.
13 to break path my to/for desire my to gain not to help to/for them
They mar my path. They set forward my calamity, even men who have no helper.
14 like/as breach broad: wide to come underneath: stand devastation to roll
As through a wide breach they come. In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves upon me.
15 to overturn upon me terror to pursue like/as spirit: breath honor my and like/as cloud to pass salvation my
Terrors are turned upon me. They chase my honor as the wind, and my welfare is passed away as a cloud.
16 and now upon me to pour: pour soul my to grasp me day affliction
And now my soul is poured out within me. Days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
17 night bone my to dig from upon me and to gnaw me not to lie down: sleep [emph?]
In the night season my bones are pierced in me, and the pains that gnaw me take no rest.
18 in/on/with many strength to search clothing my like/as lip: edge tunic my to gird me
By the great force my garment is disfigured. It binds me about as the collar of my coat.
19 to shoot me to/for clay and to liken like/as dust and ashes
He has cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.
20 to cry to(wards) you and not to answer me to stand: stand and to understand in/on/with me
I cry to thee, and thou do not answer me. I stand up, and thou gaze at me.
21 to overturn to/for cruel to/for me in/on/with strength hand: power your to hate me
Thou have turned to be cruel to me. With the might of thy hand thou persecute me.
22 to lift: raise me to(wards) spirit: breath to ride me and to melt me (wisdom *Q(K)*)
Thou lift me up to the wind. Thou cause me to ride upon it, and thou disintegrate me in the storm.
23 for to know death to return: return me and house: home meeting: time appointed to/for all alive
For I know that thou will bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
24 surely not in/on/with ruin to send: reach hand if: surely yes in/on/with disaster his to/for them cry
However does not a man stretch out the hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?
25 if: surely no not to weep to/for severe day be grieved soul my to/for needy
Did I not weep for him who was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
26 for good to await and to come (in): come bad: evil and to wait: hope to/for light and to come (in): come darkness
When I looked for good, then evil came. And when I waited for light, there came darkness.
27 belly my to boil and not to silence: stationary to meet me day affliction
My heart is troubled, and does not rest. Days of affliction have come upon me.
28 be dark to go: walk in/on/with not heat to arise: establish in/on/with assembly to cry
I go mourning without the sun. I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
29 brother: male-sibling to be to/for jackal and neighbor to/for daughter ostrich
I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.
30 skin my be black from upon me and bone my to scorch from drought
My skin is black, and falls from me. And my bones are burned with heat.
31 and to be to/for mourning lyre my and pipe my to/for voice to weep
Therefore my harp has turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of those who weep.
