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 considered unworthy to put with my sheep dogs.
2 also strength hand their to/for what? to/for me upon them to perish vigor
Of what use is the strength of their hands to me, men in whom ripe age has perished?
3 in/on/with poverty and in/on/with famine solitary [the] to gnaw dryness last night devastation and desolation
They are gaunt from lack 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 salt herbs by the bushes. The roots of the broom tree are their food.
5 from midst to drive out: drive out to shout upon them like/as thief
They are driven out from amongst men. They cry after them as after a thief,
6 in/on/with dreadful torrent: river to/for to dwell hole dust and rock
so that they live in frightful valleys, and in holes of the earth and of the rocks.
7 between bush to bray underneath: under nettle to attach
They bray amongst the bushes. They are gathered together under the nettles.
8 son: type of foolish also son: child without name to whip from [the] land: country/planet
They are children of fools, yes, children of wicked men. They were flogged out of the land.
9 and now music their to be and to be to/for them to/for speech
“Now I have become their song. Yes, 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 don’t hesitate 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 untied his cord, and afflicted me; and they have thrown off restraint before me.
12 upon right brood to arise: rise foot my to send: depart and to build upon me way calamity their
On my right hand rise the rabble. They thrust aside my feet. They cast their ways of destruction up against me.
13 to break path my to/for desire my to gain not to help to/for them
They mar my path. They promote my destruction without anyone’s help.
14 like/as breach broad: wide to come underneath: stand devastation to roll
As through a wide breach they come. They roll themselves in amid the ruin.
15 to overturn upon me terror to pursue like/as spirit: breath honor my and like/as cloud to pass salvation my
Terrors have turned on me. They chase my honour as the wind. My welfare has passed away as a cloud.
16 and now upon me to pour: pour soul my to grasp me day affliction
“Now my soul is poured out within me. Days of affliction have taken hold of 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
My garment is disfigured by great force. It binds me about as the collar of my tunic.
19 to shoot me to/for clay and to liken like/as dust and ashes
He has cast me into the mire. 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 you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze at me.
21 to overturn to/for cruel to/for me in/on/with strength hand: power your to hate me
You have turned to be cruel to me. With the might of your hand you persecute me.
22 to lift: raise me to(wards) spirit: breath to ride me and to melt me (wisdom *Q(K)*)
You lift me up to the wind, and drive me with it. You dissolve 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 you will bring me to death, 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 doesn’t one stretch out a 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
Didn’t I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn’t 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. When I waited for light, darkness came.
27 belly my to boil and not to silence: stationary to meet me day affliction
My heart is troubled, and doesn’t rest. Days of affliction have come on 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 grows black and peels from me. My bones are burnt 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.
