< 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 the youngest have laughed me to scorn, now they reprove me in [their] turn, whose fathers I set at nought; whom I did not deem worthy [to be with] my shepherd dogs.
2 also strength hand their to/for what? to/for me upon them to perish vigor
Yea, why had I the strength of their hands? for them the full term [of life] was lost.
3 in/on/with poverty and in/on/with famine solitary [the] to gnaw dryness last night devastation and desolation
[One is] childless in want and famine, [such as] they that fled but lately the distress and misery of drought.
4 [the] to pluck mallow upon bush and root broom food their
Who compass the salt places on the sounding [shore], who had salt [herbs] for their food, and were dishonorable and of no repute, in want of every good thing; who also ate roots of trees by reason of great hunger.
5 from midst to drive out: drive out to shout upon them like/as thief
Thieves have risen up against me,
6 in/on/with dreadful torrent: river to/for to dwell hole dust and rock
whose houses were the caves of the rocks, who lived under the wild shrubs.
7 between bush to bray underneath: under nettle to attach
They will cry out among the rustling [bushes].
8 son: type of foolish also son: child without name to whip from [the] land: country/planet
[They are] sons of fools and vile men, [whose] name and glory [are] quenched from off the earth.
9 and now music their to be and to be to/for them to/for speech
But now I am their music, and they have me for a by-word.
10 to abhor me to remove from me and from face my not to withhold spittle
And they stood aloof and abhorred me, and spared not 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 opened his quiver and afflicted me: they also have cast off the restraint of my presence.
12 upon right brood to arise: rise foot my to send: depart and to build upon me way calamity their
They have risen up against [me] on the right hand of [their] offspring; they have stretched out their foot, and directed against me the ways of their destruction.
13 to break path my to/for desire my to gain not to help to/for them
My paths are ruined; for they have stripped off my raiment: he has shot at me with his weapons.
14 like/as breach broad: wide to come underneath: stand devastation to roll
And he has pleaded against me as he will: I am overwhelmed with pains.
15 to overturn upon me terror to pursue like/as spirit: breath honor my and like/as cloud to pass salvation my
My pains return upon [me]; my hope is gone like the wind, and my safety as a cloud.
16 and now upon me to pour: pour soul my to grasp me day affliction
Even now my life shall be poured forth upon me; and days of anguish seize me.
17 night bone my to dig from upon me and to gnaw me not to lie down: sleep [emph?]
And by night my bones are confounded; and my sinews are relaxed.
18 in/on/with many strength to search clothing my like/as lip: edge tunic my to gird me
With great force [my disease] has taken hold of my garment: it has compassed me as the collar of my coat.
19 to shoot me to/for clay and to liken like/as dust and ashes
And thou hast counted me as clay; my portion in dust and ashes.
20 to cry to(wards) you and not to answer me to stand: stand and to understand in/on/with me
And I have cried to thee, but thou hearest me not: but they stood still, and observed me.
21 to overturn to/for cruel to/for me in/on/with strength hand: power your to hate me
They attacked me also without mercy: thou hast scourged me with a strong hand.
22 to lift: raise me to(wards) spirit: breath to ride me and to melt me (wisdom *Q(K)*)
And thou hast put me to grief, and hast cast me away from safety.
23 for to know death to return: return me and house: home meeting: time appointed to/for all alive
For I know that death will destroy me: for the earth is the house [appointed] for every mortal.
24 surely not in/on/with ruin to send: reach hand if: surely yes in/on/with disaster his to/for them cry
Oh then that I might lay hands upon myself, or at least ask another, and he should do this for me.
25 if: surely no not to weep to/for severe day be grieved soul my to/for needy
Yet I wept over every helpless man; I groaned when I saw a man in distress.
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
But I, when I waited for good things, behold, days of evils came the more upon me.
27 belly my to boil and not to silence: stationary to meet me day affliction
My belly boiled, and would not cease: the days of poverty prevented me.
28 be dark to go: walk in/on/with not heat to arise: establish in/on/with assembly to cry
I went mourning without restraint: and I have stood and cried out in the assembly.
29 brother: male-sibling to be to/for jackal and neighbor to/for daughter ostrich
I am become a brother of monsters, and a companion of ostriches.
30 skin my be black from upon me and bone my to scorch from drought
And my skin has been greatly blackened, and my bones are burned with heat.
31 and to be to/for mourning lyre my and pipe my to/for voice to weep
My harp also has been turned into mourning, and my song into my weeping.

< Job 30 >