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I stand in the public square and cry for help.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/30.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />I go about darkened, but not by the sun; I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/30.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/30.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, <i>and</i> I cried in the congregation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/30.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I go about mourning, but not in the sun; I stand up in the assembly <i>and</i> cry out for help.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/30.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“I go about mourning without comfort; I stand up in the assembly <i>and</i> cry out for help.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/30.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I go about mourning without comfort; I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/30.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“I go about mourning without comfort; I stand up in the assembly <i>and</i> cry out for help.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/30.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I go about darkened <i>but</i> not by the sun; I stand up in the assembly <i>and</i> cry out for help.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/30.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“I go about mourning without comfort [my skin blackened by disease, not by the heat of the sun]; I stand up in the assembly <i>and</i> cry out for help.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/30.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I walk about blackened, but not by the sun. I stood in the assembly and cried out for help.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/30.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I walk about blackened, but not by the sun. I stood in the assembly and cried out for help. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/30.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />I go mourning without the sun: I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/30.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />My days are dark and gloomy and in the city council I stand and cry out, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/30.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />I go mourning without the sun: I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/30.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I walk in the dark without the sun. I stand up in public and call for help.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/30.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I go about in gloom, without any sunshine; I stand up in public and plead for help. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/30.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"In growing darkness, I walked without sunlight; I stood in the congregation to cry for help.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/30.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/30.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I go about blackened, but not by the sun; in the assembly I stand up and cry for help. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/30.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I go mourning without the sun. I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/30.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/30.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I go mourning without the sun. I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/30.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />I have gone mourning without the sun, "" I have risen, I cry in an assembly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/30.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Mourning I have gone without the sun, I have risen, in an assembly I cry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/30.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />I went darkened without warmth: I rose up, I shall cry in the convocation.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/30.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I went mourning without indignation; I rose up, and cried in the crowd. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/30.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />I went forth mourning, without anger, and rising up, I cried out in confusion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/30.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I go about in gloom, without the sun; I rise in the assembly and cry for help. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/30.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I go about in sunless gloom; I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/30.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />I walked mournfully without being resentful; I stood up and wept in the congregation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/30.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />I have walked sadly without anger, I stood in the assembly and I wept<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/30.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />I go mourning without the sun; I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/30.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />I went mourning without restraint: and I have stood and cried out in the assembly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/30-28.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=4561" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/30.htm">Job's Prosperity Becomes Calamity</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">27</span>I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me. <span class="reftext">28</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: hil·laḵ·tî (V-Piel-Perf-1cs) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">I go about</a> <a href="/hebrew/6937.htm" title="6937: qō·ḏêr (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To be dark. A primitive root; to be ashy, i.e. Dark-colored; by implication, to mourn.">blackened,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: bə·lō (Prep-b:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">but not</a> <a href="/hebrew/2535.htm" title="2535: ḥam·māh (N-fs) -- Heat, sun. From cham; heat; by implication, the sun.">by the sun.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: qam·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">I stand up</a> <a href="/hebrew/6951.htm" title="6951: ḇaq·qā·hāl (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Assembly, convocation, congregation. From qahal; assemblage.">in the assembly</a> <a href="/hebrew/7768.htm" title="7768: ’ă·šaw·wê·a‘ (V-Piel-Imperf-1cs) -- To cry out (for help). A primitive root; properly, to be free; but used only causatively and reflexively, to halloo.">and cry for help.</a> </span><span class="reftext">29</span>I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/38-6.htm">Psalm 38:6</a></span><br />I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-14.htm">Lamentations 3:14</a></span><br />I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/42-9.htm">Psalm 42:9</a></span><br />I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/88-15.htm">Psalm 88:15</a></span><br />From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3</a></span><br />He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/20-7.htm">Jeremiah 20:7</a></span><br />You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/102-3.htm">Psalm 102:3-5</a></span><br />For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers. / My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread. / Through my loud groaning my skin hangs on my bones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/69-20.htm">Psalm 69:20</a></span><br />Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/22-1.htm">Psalm 22:1-2</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning? / I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/59-9.htm">Isaiah 59:9-11</a></span><br />Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom. / Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead. / We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/31-9.htm">Psalm 31:9-10</a></span><br />Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well. / For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/27-46.htm">Matthew 27:46</a></span><br />About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/15-34.htm">Mark 15:34</a></span><br />At the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/22-44.htm">Luke 22:44</a></span><br />And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/12-27.htm">John 12:27</a></span><br />Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/38-6.htm">Psalm 38:6</a></b></br> I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/42-9.htm">Psalm 42:9</a></b></br> I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/43-2.htm">Psalm 43:2</a></b></br> For thou <i>art</i> the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/11-10.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/job/30-18.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/job/29-25.htm">Comfort</a> <a href="/job/15-34.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/job/30-5.htm">Cried</a> <a href="/job/30-24.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/job/30-5.htm">Crying</a> <a href="/job/30-26.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/job/30-24.htm">Help</a> <a href="/job/3-8.htm">Mourning</a> <a href="/job/29-7.htm">Public</a> <a href="/job/30-20.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/job/30-20.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/job/9-7.htm">Sun</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-20.htm">Uncomforted</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/1-5.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/job/31-19.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/job/32-20.htm">Comfort</a> <a href="/psalms/1-5.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/job/31-38.htm">Cried</a> <a href="/job/31-38.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/job/35-9.htm">Crying</a> <a href="/job/34-22.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/job/31-16.htm">Help</a> <a href="/job/30-31.htm">Mourning</a> <a href="/job/34-26.htm">Public</a> <a href="/job/32-16.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/job/31-34.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/job/31-26.htm">Sun</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-11.htm">Uncomforted</a><div class="vheading2">Job 30</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/30-1.htm">Job's honor is turned into extreme contempt</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/30-15.htm">and his prosperity into calamity</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/30.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/30.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>I go about blackened, but not by the sun.</b><br>This phrase reflects Job's physical and emotional suffering. The term "blackened" suggests a state of mourning or distress, often associated with wearing sackcloth and ashes in ancient Near Eastern cultures. Job's condition is not due to natural causes like sun exposure, indicating a deeper, spiritual affliction. This imagery connects to the broader theme of undeserved suffering, as Job's trials are not a result of his actions but a test of faith. The blackening can also symbolize the intense grief and despair he feels, akin to the darkness of the soul. This phrase echoes the lamentations found in other parts of Scripture, such as <a href="/lamentations/4-8.htm">Lamentations 4:8</a>, where the physical appearance reflects inner turmoil.<p><b>I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.</b><br>Job's action of standing in the assembly signifies a public plea for justice and understanding. In ancient Israelite culture, the assembly was a place for communal decision-making and seeking redress. Job's cry for help highlights his isolation and the lack of support from his friends and community, who have failed to provide the comfort and assistance he seeks. This public cry can be seen as a foreshadowing of Christ's own cries for help and justice, as seen in the Gospels, where Jesus stands before the assembly and is unjustly accused. Job's situation also parallels the psalmist's cries for deliverance in Psalms, emphasizing the theme of righteous suffering and the hope for divine intervention.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure in the Book of Job, a man of great faith and integrity who undergoes severe trials and suffering. In this verse, Job is expressing his deep anguish and isolation.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_assembly.htm">The Assembly</a></b><br>This refers to a gathering of people, possibly a community or council, where Job stands to express his distress. It highlights his public humiliation and plea for understanding.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_suffering.htm">Job's Suffering</a></b><br>The broader context of Job's suffering is a test of his faith and righteousness. This verse captures a moment of his lamentation and the depth of his despair.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_suffering.htm">The Reality of Suffering</a></b><br>Suffering is a part of the human experience, even for the righteous. Job's lament reminds us that faith does not exempt us from trials.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/public_expression_of_pain.htm">Public Expression of Pain</a></b><br>Job's willingness to cry out in the assembly teaches us the importance of being honest about our struggles and seeking support from our community.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_understanding_of_our_pain.htm">God's Understanding of Our Pain</a></b><br>Just as Job cries out for help, we are encouraged to bring our burdens to God, who understands and cares for us deeply.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_community.htm">The Importance of Community</a></b><br>The assembly represents the role of community in providing support and understanding during times of distress.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_despair.htm">Hope in Despair</a></b><br>Even in the darkest moments, like Job, we can hold onto hope and continue to seek God's presence and deliverance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_30.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 30</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_suffering_exist_if_god_is_loving.htm">How can suffering exist with a loving, omnipotent God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_were_the_12_tribes_of_israel.htm">Why did Peter walk on water?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_god_silent_in_psalm_83_1.htm">Why does Psalm 83:1 depict God as silent in the face of a dire threat, despite other scriptures portraying Him as actively intervening?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/job_30_23__how_does_this_view_fit_scripture.htm">Job 30:23 - If Job believes God will bring him to death, how does this align or conflict with the broader theology of afterlife or resurrection found elsewhere in Scripture?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/30.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(28) <span class= "bld">I went mourning without the sun.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">I go mourning without the sun; </span>or, according to some, "blackened, but not by the sun." We give the preference to the other.<p><span class= "bld">I stood up, and I cried in the congregation</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>not merely in secret, but in the face of all men.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/30.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 28, 29.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I went mourning without the sun</span>; rather, <span class="accented">I go about blackened</span>, <span class="accented">but not by the sun.</span> Grief and suffering, according to Oriental notions, blackened the face (see <a href="/lamentations/4-8.htm">Lamentations 4:8</a>; <a href="/lamentations/5-10.htm">Lamentations 5:10</a>; <a href="/psalms/119-83.htm">Psalm 119:83</a>; and below, ver. 30). <span class="cmt_word">I stood up, and I cried in the congregation</span>; rather, I <span class="accented">stand up in the assembly</span> <span class="accented">and cry for help</span> (<span class="accented">see</span> the Revised Version). Job feels this as the most pitiable feature in his ease. He is broken down; he can no longer endure. At first he could sit in silence for seven days (<a href="/job/2-13.htm">Job 2:13</a>); now he is reduced to uttering complaints and lamentations. <span class="cmt_word">He is a brother</span>, not to dragons, but to <span class="accented">jackals.</span> His laments are like the long melancholy cries that those animals emit during the silence of the night, so well known to Eastern travellers. He adds further that he is a companion, not to owls, but <span class="accented">to ostriches</span>; which, like jackals, have a melancholy cry (see <a href="/micah/1-8.htm">Micah 1:8</a>; and comp. Dr. Hooker's article in Smith's 'Dict. of the Bible,' vol. 2. p. 650). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/30-28.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I go about</span><br /><span class="heb">הִ֭לַּכְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(hil·laḵ·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">blackened,</span><br /><span class="heb">קֹדֵ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(qō·ḏêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6937.htm">Strong's 6937: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be ashy, darkcolored, to mourn</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but not</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּלֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(bə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by the sun.</span><br /><span class="heb">חַמָּ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(ḥam·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2535.htm">Strong's 2535: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heat, the sun</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I stand up</span><br /><span class="heb">קַ֖מְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(qam·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arise, stand up, stand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the assembly</span><br /><span class="heb">בַקָּהָ֣ל</span> <span class="translit">(ḇaq·qā·hāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6951.htm">Strong's 6951: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assembly, convocation, congregation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and cry for help.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשַׁוֵּֽעַ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šaw·wê·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7768.htm">Strong's 7768: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be free, to halloo</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/30-28.htm">Job 30:28 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/30-28.htm">Job 30:28 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/30-28.htm">Job 30:28 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/30-28.htm">Job 30:28 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/30-28.htm">Job 30:28 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/30-28.htm">Job 30:28 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/30-28.htm">Job 30:28 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/30-28.htm">Job 30:28 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/30-28.htm">Job 30:28 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/30-28.htm">Job 30:28 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/30-28.htm">OT Poetry: Job 30:28 I go mourning without the sun (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/30-27.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 30:27"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 30:27" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/30-29.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 30:29"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 30:29" /></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="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>