< 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 younger in time scorn me, whose fathers I would not have set with the dogs of my flock:
2 also strength hand their to/for what? to/for me upon them to perish vigor
The strength of whose hands was to me as nothing, and they were thought unworthy of life itself.
3 in/on/with poverty and in/on/with famine solitary [the] to gnaw dryness last night devastation and desolation
Barren with want and hunger, who gnawed in the wilderness, disfigured with calamity and misery.
4 [the] to pluck mallow upon bush and root broom food their
And they ate grass, and barks of trees, and the root of junipers was their food.
5 from midst to drive out: drive out to shout upon them like/as thief
Who snatched up these things out of the valleys, and when they had found any of them, they ran to them with a cry.
6 in/on/with dreadful torrent: river to/for to dwell hole dust and rock
They dwelt in the desert places of torrents, and in caves of earth, or upon the gravel.
7 between bush to bray underneath: under nettle to attach
They pleased themselves among these kind of things, and counted it delightful to be under the briers.
8 son: type of foolish also son: child without name to whip from [the] land: country/planet
The children of foolish and base men, and not appearing at all upon the earth.
9 and now music their to be and to be to/for them to/for speech
Now I am turned into their song, and am become their byword.
10 to abhor me to remove from me and from face my not to withhold spittle
They abhor me, and flee far from me, and are not afraid 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 hath opened his quiver, and hath afflicted me, and hath put a bridle into my mouth.
12 upon right brood to arise: rise foot my to send: depart and to build upon me way calamity their
At the right hand of my rising, my calamities forthwith arose: they have overthrown my feet, and have overwhelmed me with their paths as with waves.
13 to break path my to/for desire my to gain not to help to/for them
They have destroyed my ways, they have lain in wait against me, and they have prevailed, and there was none to help.
14 like/as breach broad: wide to come underneath: stand devastation to roll
They have rushed in upon me, as when a wall is broken, and a gate opened, and have rolled themselves down to my miseries.
15 to overturn upon me terror to pursue like/as spirit: breath honor my and like/as cloud to pass salvation my
I am brought to nothing: as a wind thou hast taken away my desire: and my prosperity hath passed away like a cloud.
16 and now upon me to pour: pour soul my to grasp me day affliction
And now my soul fadeth within myself, and the days of affliction possess me.
17 night bone my to dig from upon me and to gnaw me not to lie down: sleep [emph?]
In the night my bone is pierced with sorrows: and they that feed upon me, do not sleep.
18 in/on/with many strength to search clothing my like/as lip: edge tunic my to gird me
With the multitude of them my garment is consumed, and they have girded me about, as with the collar of my coat.
19 to shoot me to/for clay and to liken like/as dust and ashes
I am compared to dirt, and am likened to embers 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 hearest me not: I stand up, and thou dost not regard me.
21 to overturn to/for cruel to/for me in/on/with strength hand: power your to hate me
Thou art changed to be cruel toward me, and in the hardness of thy hand thou art against me.
22 to lift: raise me to(wards) spirit: breath to ride me and to melt me (wisdom *Q(K)*)
Thou hast lifted me up, and set me as it were upon the wind, and thou hast mightily dashed me.
23 for to know death to return: return me and house: home meeting: time appointed to/for all alive
I know that thou wilt deliver me to death, where a house is appointed for every one that liveth.
24 surely not in/on/with ruin to send: reach hand if: surely yes in/on/with disaster his to/for them cry
But yet thou stretchest not forth thy hand to their consumption: and if they shall fall down thou wilt save.
25 if: surely no not to weep to/for severe day be grieved soul my to/for needy
I wept heretofore for him that was afflicted, and my soul had compassion on the poor.
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
I expected good things, and evils are come upon me: I waited for light, and darkness broke out.
27 belly my to boil and not to silence: stationary to meet me day affliction
My inner parts have boiled without any rest, the days of affliction have 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 indignation; I rose up, and cried in the crowd.
29 brother: male-sibling to be to/for jackal and neighbor to/for daughter ostrich
I was the brother of dragons, and companion of ostriches.
30 skin my be black from upon me and bone my to scorch from drought
My skin is become black upon me, and my bones are dried up with heat.
31 and to be to/for mourning lyre my and pipe my to/for voice to weep
My harp is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of those that weep.