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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Job 30 Catholic Public Domain Version</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/job/30.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/job/30-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CPDV</a> > Job 30</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../job/29.htm" title="Job 29">◄</a> Job 30 <a href="../job/31.htm" title="Job 31">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Catholic Public Domain Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/job/30-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Job’s Honor Turned to Contempt<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>But now, those younger in years scorn me, whose fathers I would not have seen fit to place with the dogs of my flock,<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>the strength of whose hands was nothing to me, and they were considered unworthy of life itself.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>They were barren from poverty and hunger; they gnawed in solitude, layered with misfortune and misery.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And they chewed grass and the bark from trees, and the root of junipers was their food.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They took these things from the steep valleys, and when they discovered one of these things, they rushed to the others with a cry.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>They lived in the parched desert and in caves underground or above the rocks.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They rejoiced among these kinds of things, and they considered it delightful to be under thorns.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>These are the sons of foolish and base men, not even paying any attention to the land.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Now I become their song, and I have been made into their proverb.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>They loathe me, and so they flee far from me, and they are not reluctant to spit in my face.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For he has opened his quiver and has afflicted me, and he has placed a bridle in my mouth.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Immediately, upon rising, my calamities rise up to the right. They have overturned my feet and have pressed me down along their way like waves.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>They have diverted my journeys; they have waited to ambush me, and they have prevailed, and there was no one who might bring help.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>They have rushed upon me, as when a wall is broken or a gate opened, and they have been pulled down into my miseries.<p> <A name="16"></a><p class="hdg">Job’s Prosperity Becomes Calamity<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I have been reduced to nothing. You have taken away my desire like a wind, and my health has passed by like a cloud.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But now my soul withers within myself, and the days of affliction take hold of me.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>At night, my bone is pierced with sorrows, and those who feed on me, do not sleep.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>By the sheer number of them my clothing is worn away, and they have closed in on me like the collar of my coat.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>I have been treated like dirt, and I have been turned into embers and ashes.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>I cry to you, and you do not heed me. I stand up, and you do not look back at me.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>You have changed me into hardness, and, with the hardness of your hand, you oppose me.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>You have lifted me up, and, placing me as if on the wind, you have thrown me down powerfully.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>I know that you will hand me over to death, where a home has been established for all the living.<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Truly, then, you do not extend your hand in order to consume them, and if they fall down, you will save them.<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Once, I wept over him who was afflicted, and my soul had compassion on the poor.<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>I expected good things, but evil things have come to me. I stood ready for light, yet darkness burst forth.<p> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>My insides have seethed, without any rest, for the days of affliction have prevented it.<p> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>I went forth mourning, without anger, and rising up, I cried out in confusion.<p> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>I was the brother of snakes, and the companion of ostriches.<p> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>My skin has become blackened over me, and my bones have dried up because of the heat.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>My harp has been turned into mourning, and my pipes have been turned into a voice of weeping.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Catholic Public Domain Version<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/29.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 29"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 29" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/31.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 31"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 31" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>