Thematic Bible
Job 30:1 (show verse)
"But now they mock me; men who are far younger than I, whose fathers I would have hated to entrust with my own sheep dogs.
Job 30:2 (show verse)
Furthermore, what could I have gained from men whose strength is gone?
Job 30:3 (show verse)
Unproductive due to poverty and hunger, they could only scratch in parched soil, devastated and desolated.
Job 30:4 (show verse)
"They would pluck off herbs from salt marshes to eat; and roots of the broom shrub for food.
Job 30:5 (show verse)
Driven away from human company, they were shouted at as though they were thieves.
Job 30:6 (show verse)
They lived in the most dangerous of ravines, in holes in the ground, and among rocks.
Job 30:7 (show verse)
They bray like donkeys among the bushes and huddle together under the desert weeds.
Job 30:8 (show verse)
Sons of fools and of uncertain reputation, they have been driven from the land by scourging."
Job 30:9 (show verse)
"Now, I've become the object of their mocking melodies; I'm nothing but a fool's proverb to them!
Job 30:10 (show verse)
They abhor me they keep their distance from me; but they don't refrain from spitting at the sight of me.
Job 30:11 (show verse)
But God has loosened his cord and afflicted me; so they've cast off all restraints in my presence.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 30:12 (show verse)
"A wretched crowd ambushes me to my right; they trip my feet; they build up their path of calamity for me.
Job 30:13 (show verse)
They tear up my pathways; they profit from my destruction, and they need no help to do this!
No Themes for this verse.
Job 30:14 (show verse)
They come like those who breach through a wall; as everything crashes around me they'll roll on and on!
No Themes for this verse.
Job 30:15 (show verse)
My greatest fears have overcome me; my honor is assaulted as though by a wind storm; my prosperity evaporates like a morning cloud."
Job 30:16 (show verse)
"Now, my soul pours itself out; the time of my affliction has taken control of me.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 30:17 (show verse)
The night racks my bones; and the pain that gnaws on me will not rest.
Job 30:18 (show verse)
My clothes are disheveled by his forceful treatment of me; he restricts my movement like the collar of my cloak.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 30:19 (show verse)
"He tossed me into the mire; I've become like dust and ashes.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 30:20 (show verse)
I cry for help to you, but you won't answer me; I stand still, but you only look at me.
Job 30:21 (show verse)
You changed toward me, and now you're cruel to me; with your mighty hand you are persecuting me;
No Themes for this verse.
Job 30:22 (show verse)
you carried me off in a wind storm, making me ride on it while you toss me about as the storm roars around me.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 30:23 (show verse)
I know that you're about to kill me, so I'm about to go to the house that's appointed for all the living."
Job 30:24 (show verse)
"Surely he won't stretch his hand against the needy, will he, especially if they cry to him in their calamity?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 30:25 (show verse)
Haven't I wept for the one who is going through hard times? Haven't I grieved for the needy?
Job 30:26 (show verse)
I have hoped for good, but evil came instead; I have hoped for light, but darkness came.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 30:27 (show verse)
I'm boiling mad inside, and I won't remain silent; the time for my affliction to confront me has arrived.
Job 30:28 (show verse)
"In growing darkness, I walked without sunlight; I stood in the congregation to cry for help.
Job 30:29 (show verse)
I've become a brother to jackals, and a friend to ostriches.
Job 30:30 (show verse)
My skin turns black all over me; and my bones seem burned from the heat.
Job 30:31 (show verse)
But my harp is in mourning; my flute plays only songs for those who are weeping."