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<A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Gaunt from poverty and hunger, <p class="indent2"> they gnawed the dry land, <p class="indent2"> and the desolate wasteland by night. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>They plucked mallow among the shrubs, <p class="indent2"> and the roots of the broom tree were their food.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They were banished from among men, <p class="indent2"> shouted at like thieves, <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>so that they lived on the slopes of the wadis, <p class="indent2"> among the rocks and in holes in the ground. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They cried out among the shrubs <p class="indent2"> and huddled beneath the nettles. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>A senseless and nameless brood, <p class="indent2"> they were driven off the land. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And now they mock me in song; <p class="indent2"> I have become a byword among them. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>They abhor me and keep far from me; <p class="indent2"> they do not hesitate to spit in my face. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Because God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, <p class="indent2"> they have cast off restraint<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> in my presence. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The rabble arises at my right; <p class="indent2"> they lay snares for my feet <p class="indent2"> and build siege ramps against me. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>They tear up my path; <p class="indent2"> they profit from my destruction, <p class="indent2"> with no one to restrain them.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>They advance as through a wide breach; <p class="indent2"> through the ruins they keep rolling in. <A name="16"></a><p class="hdg">Job’s Prosperity Becomes Calamity<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Terrors are turned loose against me; <p class="indent2"> they drive away my dignity as by the wind, <p class="indent2"> and my prosperity has passed like a cloud. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And now my soul is poured out within me; <p class="indent2"> days of affliction grip me. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Night pierces my bones, <p class="indent2"> and my gnawing pains never rest. <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>With great force He grasps my garment;<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <p class="indent2"> He seizes me by the collar of my tunic. <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He throws me into the mud, <p class="indent2"> and I have become like dust and ashes. <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; <p class="indent2"> when I stand up, You merely look at me. <A name="22"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>You have ruthlessly turned on me; <p class="indent2"> You oppose me with Your strong hand. <A name="23"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>You snatch me up into the wind <p class="indent2"> and drive me before it; <p class="indent2"> You toss me about<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> in the storm. <A name="24"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, <p class="indent2"> to the place appointed for all the living. <A name="25"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Yet no one stretches out his hand against a ruined man <p class="indent2"> when he cries for help in his distress. <A name="26"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Have I not wept for those in trouble? <p class="indent2"> Has my soul not grieved for the needy? <A name="27"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>But when I hoped for good, evil came; <p class="indent2"> when I looked for light, darkness fell. <A name="28"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>I am churning within and cannot rest; <p class="indent2"> days of affliction confront me. <A name="29"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>I go about blackened, but not by the sun. <p class="indent2"> I stand up in the assembly and cry for help. <A name="30"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>I have become a brother of jackals,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> <p class="indent2"> a companion of ostriches.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">g</a></span> <A name="31"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>My skin grows black and peels, <p class="indent2"> and my bones burn with fever. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/30-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>My harp is tuned to mourning <p class="indent2"> and my flute to the sound of weeping.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>their fuel</i><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Hebrew <i>the bridle</i><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>with no one to assist them</i><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> LXX; Hebrew <i>He becomes like a garment to me</i> or <i>my garment is disfigured</i><br><span class="fnverse">22</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> Or <i>You dissolve me</i><br><span class="fnverse">29</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> Or <i>serpents</i> or <i>dragons</i><br><span class="fnverse">29</span> <span class="footnotesbot">g</span> Literally <i>of daughters of an ostrich</i> or <i>of daughters of an owl</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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