Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Moreover, the strength of their hands -- what use was it to me? Men whose strength had perished;
New American Standard Bible
Vigor had perished from them.
King James Version
Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?
Holman Bible
Their vigor had left them.
International Standard Version
Furthermore, what could I have gained from men whose strength is gone?
A Conservative Version
Yea, the strength of their hands, to what should it profit me? Men in whom ripe age is perished.
American Standard Version
Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? Men in whom ripe age is perished.
Amplified
“Indeed, how could the strength of their hands profit me?
Vigor had perished from them.
Bible in Basic English
Of what use is the strength of their hands to me? all force is gone from them.
Darby Translation
Yea, whereto should the strength of their hands profit me, men in whom vigour hath perished?
Julia Smith Translation
Also the strength of their hands wherefore to me? Upon them old age perished.
King James 2000
Yea, how might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom vigor has perished?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Moreover, {what use to me is the strength of their hands}? With them, vigor is destroyed.
Modern King James verseion
Also, what profit for me was the strength of their hands, for full vigor had perished from them?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The power and strength of their hands might do me no good, and as for their age, it is spent and past away without any profit.
New Heart English Bible
Of what use is the strength of their hands to me, men in whom ripe age has perished?
The Emphasized Bible
Even the strength of their hands, wherefore was it mine? Upon them, vigour was lost;
Webster
Yes, to what might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age had perished?
World English Bible
Of what use is the strength of their hands to me, men in whom ripe age has perished?
Youngs Literal Translation
Also -- the power of their hands, why is it to me? On them hath old age perished.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 30:2
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Context Readings
Job's Final Defense Continued
1 "But now they mock me, those who are younger than I, whose fathers I disdained too much to put with my sheep dogs. 2 Moreover, the strength of their hands -- what use was it to me? Men whose strength had perished; 3 gaunt with want and hunger, they would gnaw the parched land, in former time desolate and waste.