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30:1  Young people now insult me, although their fathers would have been a disgrace to my sheep dogs.
30:2  And those who insult me are helpless themselves.
30:3  They must claw the desert sand in the dark for something to satisfy their hunger.
30:4  They gather tasteless shrubs for food and firewood,
30:5  and they are run out of towns, as though they were thieves.
30:6  Their only homes are ditches or holes between rocks,
30:7  where they bray like donkeys gathering around shrubs.
30:8  And like senseless donkeys they are chased away.
30:9  Those worthless nobodies make up jokes and songs to disgrace me.
30:10  They are hateful and keep their distance, even while spitting in my direction.
30:11  God has destroyed me, and so they don't care what they do.
30:12  Their attacks never stop, though I am defenseless, and my feet are trapped.
30:13  Without any help, they prevent my escape, destroying me completely
30:14  and leaving me crushed.
30:15  Terror has me surrounded; my reputation and my riches have vanished like a cloud.
30:16  I am sick at heart! Pain has taken its toll.
30:17  Night chews on my bones, causing endless torment,
30:18  and God has shrunk my skin, choking me to death.
30:19  I have been thrown in the dirt and now am dirt myself.
30:20  I beg God for help, but there is no answer; and when I stand up, he simply stares.
30:21  God has turned brutal,
30:22  stirring up a windstorm to toss me about.
30:23  Soon he will send me home to the world of the dead, where we all must go.
30:24  No one refuses help to others, when disaster strikes.
30:25  I mourned for the poor and those who suffered.
30:26  But when I beg for relief and light, all I receive are disaster and darkness.
30:27  My stomach is tied in knots; pain is my daily companion.
30:28  My days are dark and gloomy and in the city council I stand and cry out,
30:29  making mournful sounds like jackals and owls.
30:30  My skin is so parched, that it peels right off, and my bones are burning.
30:31  My only songs are sorrow and sadness.