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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/job/30.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220Surely no one lays a hand on a broken man when he cries for help in his distress.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/30.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Surely no one would turn against the needy when they cry for help in their trouble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/30.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand, and in his disaster cry for help?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/30.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet no one stretches out his hand against a ruined man when he cries for help in his distress.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/30.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Howbeit he will not stretch out <i>his</i> hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/30.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Surely He would not stretch out <i>His</i> hand against a heap of ruins, If they cry out when He destroys <i>it.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/30.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Yet does one in a heap of ruins not reach out <i>with his</i> hand, Or in his disaster does he not cry out for help?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/30.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand, Or in his disaster therefore cry out for help?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/30.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out <i>his</i> hand, Or in his disaster therefore 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 />“Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out <i>his</i> hand, Or, in his upheaval, is there a cry for help because of them?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/30.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“However, does not one falling in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand? Or in his disaster [will he not] therefore 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 />Yet no one would stretch out his hand against a ruined person when he cries out to him for help because of his distress.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/30.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet no one would stretch out his hand against a ruined man when he cries out to him for help because of his distress. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/30.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Howbeit doth not one stretch out the hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/30.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />No one refuses help to others, when disaster strikes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/30.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Surely against a ruinous heap he will not put forth his hand; though it be in his destruction, one may utter a cry because of these things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/30.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"But God doesn't stretch out his hand against one who is ruined when that person calls for help in his disaster.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/30.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Why do you attack a ruined man, one who can do nothing but beg for pity? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/30.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Surely he won't stretch his hand against the needy, will he, especially if they cry to him in their calamity?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/30.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet no one stretches out his hand against a ruined man when he cries for help in his distress.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/30.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"Surely one does not stretch out his hand against a broken man when he cries for help in his distress. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/30.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"However doesn't one stretch out a hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore 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 />Yet he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/30.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“However doesn’t one stretch out a hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore 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 />Surely not against the heap "" Does He send forth the hand, "" Though they have safety in its ruin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/30.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Surely not against the heap Doth He send forth the hand, Though in its ruin they have safety.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/30.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />But prayer is nothing; he will send forth the hand, if in his calamity to them a cry for help.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/30.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But yet thou stretchest not forth thy hand to their consumption: and if they shall fall down thou wilt save. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/30.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Truly, then, you do not extend your hand in order to consume them, and if they fall down, you will save them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/30.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Yet should not a hand be held out to help a wretched person in distress? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/30.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“Surely one does not turn against the needy, when in disaster they 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 />But he will not stretch out his hand against me, and when I cry to him he will save me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/30.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />However, he will not reach his hand against me, and whenever I have cried out to him, he will save me <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/30.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Surely none shall put forth his hand to a ruinous heap, Neither because of these things shall help come in one's calamity,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/30.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Oh then that I might lay hands upon myself, or at least ask another, and he should do this for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/30-24.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=4535" 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">23</span>Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living. <span class="reftext">24</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/389.htm" title="389: ’aḵ (Adv) -- Surely, howbeit. Akin to 'aken; a particle of affirmation, surely; hence only.">Yet</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">no one</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: yiš·laḥ- (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">stretches out</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yāḏ (N-fs) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">his hand</a> <a href="/hebrew/5856.htm" title="5856: ḇə·‘î (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- A ruin, heap of ruins. From avah; a ruin.">to a ruined man</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">when</a> <a href="/hebrew/7769.htm" title="7769: šū·a‘ (N-ms) -- A cry for help. From shava'; a halloo.">he cries for help</a> <a href="/hebrew/6365.htm" title="6365: bə·p̄î·ḏōw (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Ruin, disaster. From an unused root probably meaning to pierce; misfortune.">in his distress.</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hen (Conj) -- "></a> </span><span class="reftext">25</span>Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?…<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/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="/psalms/69-1.htm">Psalm 69:1-3</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck. / I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me. / I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-55.htm">Lamentations 3:55-56</a></span><br />I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit. / You heard my plea: “Do not ignore my cry for relief.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/88-1.htm">Psalm 88:1-2</a></span><br />A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You. / May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/142-1.htm">Psalm 142:1-2</a></span><br />A Maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A prayer. I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy. / I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/18-6.htm">Psalm 18:6</a></span><br />In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/130-1.htm">Psalm 130:1-2</a></span><br />A song of ascents. Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD! / O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/40-1.htm">Psalm 40:1-3</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry. / He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm. / He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/38-14.htm">Isaiah 38:14</a></span><br />I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jonah/2-2.htm">Jonah 2:2</a></span><br />saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.<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="/hebrews/5-7.htm">Hebrews 5:7</a></span><br />During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-8.htm">2 Corinthians 1:8-10</a></span><br />We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. / Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead. / He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-26.htm">Romans 8:26</a></span><br />In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-8.htm">2 Corinthians 12:8-9</a></span><br />Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. / But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">However, he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.</p><p class="hdg">grave.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/5-31.htm">Judges 5:31</a></b></br> So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but <i>let</i> them that love him <i>be</i> as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/35-25.htm">Psalm 35:25</a></b></br> Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/27-39.htm">Matthew 27:39-44</a></b></br> And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/esther/5-13.htm">Availeth</a> <a href="/job/30-22.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/job/30-13.htm">Calamity</a> <a href="/job/24-12.htm">Cries</a> <a href="/job/30-20.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/job/12-23.htm">Destroyeth</a> <a href="/job/30-13.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/job/27-9.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/job/30-17.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/job/30-12.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/job/24-19.htm">Grave</a> <a href="/job/30-21.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/job/27-16.htm">Heap</a> <a href="/job/30-20.htm">Help</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-2.htm">Howbeit</a> <a href="/job/27-14.htm">However</a> <a href="/job/30-2.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/job/28-9.htm">Lays</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-20.htm">One's</a> <a href="/job/29-16.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/job/30-20.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-25.htm">Ruinous</a> <a href="/job/29-12.htm">Saviour</a> <a href="/job/15-29.htm">Stretch</a> <a href="/job/26-9.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/job/26-7.htm">Stretcheth</a> <a href="/job/28-1.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/job/30-16.htm">Trouble</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-2.htm">Availeth</a> <a href="/job/31-22.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/job/31-3.htm">Calamity</a> <a href="/job/31-29.htm">Cries</a> <a href="/job/30-28.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/psalms/78-38.htm">Destroyeth</a> <a href="/job/31-3.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/job/33-19.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/job/31-22.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/job/31-40.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/job/33-22.htm">Grave</a> <a href="/job/31-21.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/job/36-13.htm">Heap</a> <a href="/job/30-28.htm">Help</a> <a href="/job/33-1.htm">Howbeit</a> <a href="/job/33-1.htm">However</a> <a href="/job/32-12.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/job/39-14.htm">Lays</a> <a href="/psalms/64-6.htm">One's</a> <a href="/job/30-25.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/job/33-26.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-1.htm">Ruinous</a> <a href="/psalms/7-2.htm">Saviour</a> <a href="/job/39-26.htm">Stretch</a> <a href="/job/36-29.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/job/39-26.htm">Stretcheth</a> <a href="/job/31-36.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/job/30-25.htm">Trouble</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>Yet no one stretches out his hand</b><br>This phrase highlights the isolation and abandonment Job feels. In the ancient Near Eastern culture, extending a hand was a gesture of help and support. Job's lament reflects his perception that he is utterly forsaken by friends and community, a theme echoed in <a href="/psalms/142-4.htm">Psalm 142:4</a>, where the psalmist also feels abandoned. This sense of isolation is a common experience for those undergoing severe trials, emphasizing the need for compassion and support from others.<p><b>against a ruined man</b><br>The term "ruined man" underscores Job's complete devastation, both physically and socially. In the context of the book, Job has lost his wealth, health, and family, making him a symbol of utter ruin. This mirrors the plight of the suffering servant in <a href="/isaiah/53.htm">Isaiah 53</a>, who is also described as despised and rejected. The imagery of ruin can also be seen as a type of Christ, who was "a man of sorrows" and acquainted with grief, bearing the sins of many.<p><b>when he cries for help</b><br>Job's cry for help is a poignant reminder of human vulnerability and the innate desire for deliverance. In biblical history, crying out to God in times of distress is a recurring theme, as seen in the Israelites' cries during their Egyptian bondage (<a href="/exodus/2-23.htm">Exodus 2:23-25</a>). This cry is not just a plea for physical relief but also for divine justice and understanding, reflecting the deep spiritual struggle Job is experiencing.<p><b>in his distress</b><br>The word "distress" captures the intense suffering and emotional turmoil Job is enduring. This distress is multifaceted, encompassing physical pain, emotional grief, and spiritual confusion. The Hebrew concept of distress often involves a sense of being trapped or besieged, as seen in <a href="/psalms/18-6.htm">Psalm 18:6</a>, where the psalmist calls upon the Lord in his distress. Job's distress can also be seen as a foreshadowing of Christ's agony in Gethsemane, where He experienced profound sorrow and distress before His crucifixion.<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 chapter, Job is lamenting his current state of despair and isolation.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_friends.htm">Job's Friends</a></b><br>Although not directly mentioned in this verse, they are significant in the context of Job's suffering. They initially come to comfort him but end up accusing him of wrongdoing.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_uz.htm">The Land of Uz</a></b><br>The setting of the Book of Job, traditionally considered to be in the region of Edom or northern Arabia.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The ultimate sovereign being who allows Job's trials to test his faith and integrity.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/suffering_and_distress.htm">Suffering and Distress</a></b><br>The events surrounding Job's lamentation, highlighting the themes of human suffering and the quest for understanding and comfort.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_isolation_in_suffering.htm">The Reality of Isolation in Suffering</a></b><br>Job's lament highlights the profound sense of isolation that can accompany suffering. Believers are reminded to be present and supportive to those in distress, reflecting Christ's compassion.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_cry_for_help.htm">The Cry for Help</a></b><br>The verse underscores the human tendency to cry out for help in times of distress. It challenges believers to be attentive to the cries of others and to respond with empathy and action.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_presence_in_suffering.htm">God's Presence in Suffering</a></b><br>While human help may fail, God's presence remains constant. Believers are encouraged to seek God's comfort and strength, trusting in His sovereignty and goodness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_community.htm">The Importance of Community</a></b><br>This passage serves as a reminder of the importance of community and fellowship in the body of Christ. Believers are called to bear one another's burdens and to be a source of encouragement and support.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reflecting_christ's_compassion.htm">Reflecting Christ's Compassion</a></b><br>As followers of Christ, believers are called to reflect His compassion and love, reaching out to those who are suffering and offering tangible help and hope.<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/psalm_40_2_-_is_'pit'_metaphorical_or_literal.htm">Psalm 40:2 - How can we reconcile the 'pit of destruction' metaphor with a literal historical event or location, given the lack of evidence for David's confinement in such a pit?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_allow_evil_to_reign.htm">In Job 9:24, the statement that the earth is handed over to the wicked seems to contradict God's sovereignty--why would an omnipotent God permit evil to reign?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_punish_census-taking.htm">Why does God kill people for taking a census (2 Samuel 24:1-15)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_allow_satan_to_further_harm_job.htm">Why would a just and merciful God allow Satan to harm Job even further after his initial torment? (Job 2:3-6)</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>(24) <span class= "bld">Though they cry in his destruction.</span>--This is a very obscure verse. Some render it, "Surely against a ruinous heap he will not put forth his hand; though it be in his destruction <span class= "ital">one may utter </span>a cry because of these things." Others, understanding the word rendered "ruinous heap" otherwise, render "Howbeit, God will not put forth His hand to bring man to death and the grave when there is earnest prayer for them, nor even when in calamity proceeding from Him there is a loud cry for them:" that is to say, "I know that Thou wilt dissolve and destroy me, and bring me to the grave, though Thou wilt not do so when I pray unto Thee to release me by death from my sufferings. Thou wilt surely do so, but not in my time or according to my will, but only in Thine own appointed time, and as Thou seest fit." This is one of those passages that may be regarded as hopelessly uncertain. Each reader will make the best sense he can of it, according to his judgment. That Job should speak of himself as a <span class= "ital">ruinous heap </span>seems very strange; neither is it at all clear what "these things" are because of which a cry is uttered. Certainly the <span class= "ital">significance </span>given by the other rendering is much greater. "His destruction" must mean, at all events, <span class= "ital">the destruction that cometh from Him; </span>and if this is so, the sense given is virtually that of the Authorised Version.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/30.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 24.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction</span>. This is one of the most obscure passages in the entire Book of Job, and scarcely any two independent commentators understand it alike. To give all the different renderings, and discuss them, would be an almost endless task, and one over-wearisome to the reader. It will, per-Imps, suffice to select the one which to the present writer appears the most satisfactory. This is the rendering of Professor Stanley Leathes, who suggests the following: "Howbeit God will not put forth his hand to bring a man to death and the grave, when there is earnest prayer for them, not even when he himself hath caused the calamity." The same writer further explains the passage as follows: "I know that thou wilt dissolve and destroy me, and bring me to the grave (ver. 23), though thou wilt not do so when I pray to thee to release me by death from my sufferings. Thou wilt surely do so [some time or other], but not in my time, or according to my will, but only in thine own appointed time, and as thou seest fit." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/30-24.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">Yet</span><br /><span class="heb">אַ֣ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(’aḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_389.htm">Strong's 389: </a> </span><span class="str2">A particle of affirmation, surely</span><br /><br /><span class="word">no one</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">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">stretches out</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׁלַח־</span> <span class="translit">(yiš·laḥ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his hand</span><br /><span class="heb">יָ֑ד</span> <span class="translit">(yāḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to a ruined man</span><br /><span class="heb">בְ֭עִי</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·‘î)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1164.htm">Strong's 1164: </a> </span><span class="str2">A prayer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">when</span><br /><span class="heb">אִם־</span> <span class="translit">(’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he cries for help</span><br /><span class="heb">שֽׁוּעַ׃</span> <span class="translit">(šū·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7769.htm">Strong's 7769: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cry for help</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in his distress.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּ֝פִיד֗וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·p̄î·ḏōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6365.htm">Strong's 6365: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ruin, disaster</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/30-24.htm">Job 30:24 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/30-24.htm">Job 30:24 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/30-24.htm">Job 30:24 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/30-24.htm">Job 30:24 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/30-24.htm">Job 30:24 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/30-24.htm">Job 30:24 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/30-24.htm">Job 30:24 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/30-24.htm">Job 30:24 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/30-24.htm">Job 30:24 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/30-24.htm">Job 30:24 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/30-24.htm">OT Poetry: Job 30:24 However doesn't one stretch out a hand (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/30-23.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 30:23"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 30:23" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/30-25.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 30:25"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 30:25" /></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>