Job 30:1-31 KJV11 - Bible AI

¹But now they that are younger6810 3117 than I have me in derision7832, whose fathers1 I would have disdained3988 to have set7896 with the dogs3611 of my flock6629. younger: Heb. of fewer days than I

²Yea, whereto4100 might the strength3581 of their hands3027 profit me, in whom old age3624 was perished6?

³For want2639 and famine3720 they were solitary1565; fleeing6207 into the wilderness6723 in former time570 desolate7722 and waste4875. solitary: or, dark as the night in: Heb. yesternight

⁴Who cut up6998 mallows4408 by the bushes7880, and juniper7574 roots8328 for their meat3899.

⁵They were driven forth1644 from among1460 men, (they cried7321 after them as after a thief1590;)

⁶To dwell7931 in the clifts6178 of the valleys5158, in caves2356 of the earth6083, and in the rocks3710. caves: Heb. holes

⁷Among the bushes7880 they brayed5101; under the nettles2738 they were gathered together5596.

⁸They were children1121 of fools5036, yea, children1121 of base men8034: they were viler5217 than the earth776. base: Heb. men of no name

⁹And now am I their song5058, yea, I am their byword4405.

¹⁰They abhor8581 me, they flee far7368 from me, and spare2820 not to spit7536 in my face6440. and: Heb. and withhold not spittle from

¹¹Because he hath loosed6605 my cord3499, and afflicted6031 me, they have also let loose7971 the bridle7448 before6440 me.

¹²Upon my right3225 hand rise6965 the youth6526; they push away7971 my feet7272, and they raise up5549 against me the ways734 of their destruction343.

¹³They mar5420 my path5410, they set forward3276 my calamity1942 1962, they have no helper5826.

¹⁴They came857 upon me as a wide7342 breaking6556 in of waters: in8478 the desolation7722 they rolled1556 themselves upon me.

¹⁵Terrors1091 are turned2015 upon me: they pursue7291 my soul5082 as the wind7307: and my welfare3444 passeth away5674 as a cloud5645. my soul: Heb. my principal one

¹⁶And now my soul5315 is poured out8210 upon me; the days3117 of affliction6040 have taken hold270 upon me.

¹⁷My bones6106 are pierced5365 in me in the night season3915: and my sinews6207 take no rest7901.

¹⁸By the great7230 force3581 of my disease is my garment3830 changed2664: it bindeth me about247 as the collar6310 of my coat3801.

¹⁹He hath cast3384 me into the mire2563, and I am become like4911 dust6083 and ashes665.

²⁰I cry7768 unto thee, and thou dost not hear6030 me: I stand up5975, and thou regardest995 me not.

²¹Thou art become2015 cruel393 to me: with thy strong6108 hand3027 thou opposest7852 thyself against me. become: Heb. turned to be cruel thy: Heb. the strength of thy hand

²²Thou liftest me up5375 to the wind7307; thou causest me to ride7392 upon it, and dissolvest4127 my substance8454 7738. substance: or, wisdom

²³For I know3045 that thou wilt bring7725 me to death4194, and to the house1004 appointed4150 for all living2416.

²⁴Howbeit he will not stretch out7971 his hand3027 to the grave1164, though they cry7769 in his destruction6365. grave: Heb. heap

²⁵Did not I weep1058 for him that was in trouble7186 3117? was not my soul5315 grieved5701 for the poor34? in trouble: Heb. hard of day?

²⁶When I looked6960 for good2896, then evil7451 came935 unto me: and when I waited3176 for light216, there came935 darkness652.

²⁷My bowels4578 boiled7570, and rested1826 not: the days3117 of affliction6040 prevented6923 me.

²⁸I went1980 mourning6937 without the sun2535: I stood up6965, and I cried7768 in the congregation6951.

²⁹I am a brother251 to dragons8577, and a companion7453 to owls1323 3284. owls: or, ostriches

³⁰My skin5785 is black7835 upon me, and my bones6106 are burned2787 with heat2721.

³¹My harp3658 also is turned to mourning60, and my organ5748 into the voice6963 of them that weep1058.