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Their vigor has perished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/30.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Indeed, what <i>good was</i> the strength of their hands to me? Vigor had perished from them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/30.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Indeed, what good was the strength of their hands to me? Vigor had perished from them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/30.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Indeed, what <i>good was</i> the strength of their hands to me? Vigor had perished from them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/30.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Indeed, what <i>good was</i> the strength of their hands to me? Vigor had perished from them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/30.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Indeed, how could the strength of their hands profit me? Vigor had perished from them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/30.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />What use to me was the strength of their hands? Their vigor had left them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/30.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />What use to me was the strength of their hands? Their vigor had left them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/30.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? Men in whom ripe age is perished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/30.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />And those who insult me are helpless themselves. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/30.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? men in whom ripe age is perished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/30.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Of what use to me was the strength of their hands? Their strength is gone.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/30.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They were a bunch of worn-out men, too weak to do any work for me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/30.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Furthermore, what could I have gained from men whose strength is gone?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/30.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />What use to me was the strength of their hands, since their vigor had left them?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/30.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Moreover, the strength of their hands--what use was it to me? Men whose strength had perished; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/30.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Of what use is the strength of their hands to me, men in whom ripe age has perished?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/30.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Yes, to what might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age had perished?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/30.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Of what use is the strength of their hands to me, men in whom ripe age has perished? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/30.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Also—the power of their hands, why [is it] to me? On them old age has perished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/30.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Also -- the power of their hands, why is it to me? On them hath old age perished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/30.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Also the strength of their hands wherefore to me? Upon them old age perished.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/30.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The strength of whose hands was to me as nothing, and they were thought unworthy of life itself. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/30.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />the strength of whose hands was nothing to me, and they were considered unworthy of life itself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/30.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Such strength as they had meant nothing to me; their vigor had perished. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/30.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />What could I gain from the strength of their hands? All their vigor is gone.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/30.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Whose fathers I have disdained, and did not consider them equal to the dogs of my flocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/30.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />In those days that I despised their fathers and I did not value them with the dogs of my flocks<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/30.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? Men in whom ripe age is perished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/30.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Yea, why had I the strength of their hands? for them the full term <i>of life</i> was lost.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/30-2.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=4403" 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 Honor Turned into Contempt</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: lām·māh (Prep-l:: Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">What use</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">to me</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lê·mōw (Prep:: 3mp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3581.htm" title="3581: kō·aḥ (N-msc) -- Or kowach; from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally or figuratively; also a large lizard.">was the strength</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yə·ḏê·hem (N-fdc:: 3mp) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">of their hands,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3624.htm" title="3624: kā·laḥ (N-ms) -- Firm or rugged strength. From an unused root meaning to be complete; maturity.">since their vigor</a> <a href="/hebrew/6.htm" title="6: ’ā·ḇaḏ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To perish. A primitive root; properly, to wander away, i.e. Lose oneself; by implication to perish.">had left them?</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night.…<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="/job/12-2.htm">Job 12:2-3</a></span><br />“Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die! / But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/29-8.htm">Job 29:8-10</a></span><br />the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet. / The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands. / The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/32-6.htm">Job 32:6-9</a></span><br />So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite declared: “I am young in years, while you are old; that is why I was timid and afraid to tell you what I know. / I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom. / But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/12-20.htm">Job 12:20-21</a></span><br />He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders. / He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/29-21.htm">Job 29:21-25</a></span><br />Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel. / After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew. / They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-5.htm">Isaiah 3:5</a></span><br />The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-13.htm">Ecclesiastes 4:13</a></span><br />Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/20-29.htm">Proverbs 20:29</a></span><br />The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/12-6.htm">1 Kings 12:6-11</a></span><br />Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked. / They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.” / But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/4-12.htm">1 Timothy 4:12</a></span><br />Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-27.htm">1 Corinthians 1:27-29</a></span><br />But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. / He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are, / so that no one may boast in His presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/5-5.htm">1 Peter 5:5</a></span><br />Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-2.htm">2 Timothy 3:2</a></span><br />For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/47-6.htm">Isaiah 47:6</a></span><br />I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/5-12.htm">Lamentations 5:12-14</a></span><br />Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect. / Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood. / The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Yes, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/22-15.htm">Age</a> <a href="/job/28-25.htm">Force</a> <a href="/job/27-8.htm">Gain</a> <a href="/job/24-21.htm">Good</a> <a href="/job/29-9.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/job/19-5.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/job/18-17.htm">Perished</a> <a href="/job/29-15.htm">Power</a> <a href="/job/22-3.htm">Profit</a> <a href="/job/5-26.htm">Ripe</a> <a href="/job/27-18.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/job/23-6.htm">Use</a> <a href="/job/21-23.htm">Vigor</a> <a href="/job/15-27.htm">Vigour</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-10.htm">Whereto</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/32-6.htm">Age</a> <a href="/job/30-18.htm">Force</a> <a href="/job/35-3.htm">Gain</a> <a href="/job/30-26.htm">Good</a> <a href="/job/31-7.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/job/30-24.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/psalms/9-3.htm">Perished</a> <a href="/job/30-18.htm">Power</a> <a href="/job/30-13.htm">Profit</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-4.htm">Ripe</a> <a href="/job/30-21.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/job/31-10.htm">Use</a> <a href="/job/33-25.htm">Vigor</a> <a href="/psalms/78-51.htm">Vigour</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-11.htm">Whereto</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>What use to me was the strength of their hands</b><br>In this phrase, Job reflects on the perceived futility of relying on the strength of those who are now weak. This can be seen as a metaphor for the transient nature of human power and ability. In the cultural context of the Ancient Near East, physical strength was often equated with one's ability to contribute to society and provide for one's family. Job's lament highlights the reversal of fortunes he has experienced, where those who once might have been strong and useful are now of no benefit to him. This can be connected to the broader biblical theme of the fleeting nature of human strength, as seen in <a href="/psalms/103-15.htm">Psalm 103:15-16</a>, which compares human life to grass that flourishes and then withers.<p><b>since their vigor had left them?</b><br>Here, Job emphasizes the loss of vitality and energy in those he once might have relied upon. This reflects the broader theme of human frailty and the inevitable decline that comes with age or misfortune. In the historical context, vigor was not only a physical attribute but also a sign of divine favor and blessing. The loss of vigor could be seen as a withdrawal of God's blessing, a theme that resonates throughout the book of Job as he grapples with understanding his suffering. This phrase also echoes the sentiments found in <a href="/ecclesiastes/12.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:1-7</a>, where the Preacher describes the decline of human faculties in old age, underscoring the importance of remembering one's Creator before such days come.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, experiencing intense suffering and questioning the justice of God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_young_men.htm">The Young Men</a></b><br>In this context, Job refers to younger men who are now mocking him. They are described as having lost their vigor, indicating a lack of strength or usefulness.<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/j/job's_suffering.htm">Job's Suffering</a></b><br>The broader context of this verse is Job's lament over his current state of suffering and the loss of respect and status he once held.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Throughout the Book of Job, the theme of God's sovereignty and the mystery of His ways is prevalent, as Job grapples with understanding his suffering.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/human_frailty.htm">Human Frailty</a></b><br>Recognize the limitations of human strength and the inevitability of physical decline.<br><br>Reflect on how this awareness should lead us to rely more on God's strength.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/v/value_of_wisdom_over_strength.htm">Value of Wisdom Over Strength</a></b><br>Understand that wisdom and character are more valuable than physical strength.<br><br>Encourage the pursuit of spiritual growth and maturity over physical prowess.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/empathy_in_suffering.htm">Empathy in Suffering</a></b><br>Develop empathy for those who are suffering or have lost their former strength.<br><br>Consider how we can support and uplift those who feel marginalized or weak.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_strength_in_our_weakness.htm">God's Strength in Our Weakness</a></b><br>Embrace the truth that God's power is made perfect in our weakness.<br><br>Seek God's strength in times of personal weakness or challenge.<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/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><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/how_can_elihu_say_actions_don't_affect_god.htm">In Job 35:6-7, how can Elihu claim human obedience or sin does not affect God when other passages suggest God is personally impacted by human actions?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'called_by_his_purpose'_mean.htm">How is Jesus represented in each book of the Bible?</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>(2) <span class= "bld">Whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, </span>is the description of the fathers; <a href="/job/30-3.htm" title="For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.">Job 30:3</a> <span class= "ital">seqq. </span>describes their children. The people here spoken of seem to have been somewhat similar to those known to the ancients as Troglodytes (Herod. iv. 183, &c.), the inhabitants of caves, who lived an outcast life and had manners and customs of their own. They are desolate with want and famine. They flee into the wilderness on the eve of wasteness and desolation, or when all is dark (yester night), waste, and desolate. It is evident that Job must have been familiar with a people of this kind, an alien and proscribed race living in the way he mentions.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/30.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Yes, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me?</span> Men, who had no such strength in their hands as to yield an employer any profit - poor, weak creatures, <span class="cmt_word">in whom old age</span> (rather, <span class="accented">manly vigour</span>) <span class="cmt_word">was</span> <span class="cmt_word">perished</span>. An effete race seems to be pointed at, without strength or stamina, nerveless, spiritless, "destined to early decay and premature death;" but how they had sunk into such a condition is not apparent. Too often such remanents are merely tribes physically weak, whom more powerful ones have starved and stunted, driving them into the least productive regions, and in every way making life hard for them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/30-2.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">Indeed,</span><br /><span class="heb">גַּם־</span> <span class="translit">(gam-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">what use</span><br /><span class="heb">לָ֣מָּה</span> <span class="translit">(lām·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> </span><span class="str2">What?, what!, indefinitely what</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to me</span><br /><span class="heb">לִּ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">was the strength</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹּ֣חַ</span> <span class="translit">(kō·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3581.htm">Strong's 3581: </a> </span><span class="str2">A small reptile (of unknown species)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of their hands,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְ֭דֵיהֶם</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ḏê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - fdc | third person masculine plural<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">since their vigor</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּֽלַח׃</span> <span class="translit">(kā·laḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3624.htm">Strong's 3624: </a> </span><span class="str2">Firm or rugged strength</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had left them?</span><br /><span class="heb">אָ֣בַד</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḇaḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6.htm">Strong's 6: </a> </span><span class="str2">To wander away, lose oneself, to perish</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/30-2.htm">Job 30:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/30-2.htm">Job 30:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/30-2.htm">Job 30:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/30-2.htm">Job 30:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/30-2.htm">Job 30:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/30-2.htm">Job 30:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/30-2.htm">Job 30:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/30-2.htm">Job 30:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/30-2.htm">Job 30:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/30-2.htm">Job 30:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/30-2.htm">OT Poetry: Job 30:2 Of what use is the strength (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/30-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 30:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 30:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/30-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 30:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 30:3" /></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>