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Job 30:24-31
English Standard Version
Job 30:24-31
English Standard Version
24 “Yet does not one in a (A)heap of ruins stretch out his hand,
and in his disaster cry for help?[a]
25 Did not I (B)weep for him whose day was hard?
Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
26 But (C)when I hoped for good, evil came,
and when I waited for light, (D)darkness came.
27 My inward parts are in turmoil and never still;
days of affliction (E)come to meet me.
28 I (F)go about darkened, but not by the sun;
I stand up in (G)the assembly and cry for help.
29 I am a brother of (H)jackals
and a companion of (I)ostriches.
30 My (J)skin turns black and falls from me,
and my (K)bones burn with heat.
31 My (L)lyre is (M)turned to mourning,
and my (N)pipe to the voice of those who weep.
Footnotes
- Job 30:24 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
Job 30:24-31
New International Version
Job 30:24-31
New International Version
24 “Surely no one lays a hand on a broken man(A)
when he cries for help in his distress.(B)
25 Have I not wept for those in trouble?(C)
Has not my soul grieved for the poor?(D)
26 Yet when I hoped for good, evil came;
when I looked for light, then came darkness.(E)
27 The churning inside me never stops;(F)
days of suffering confront me.(G)
28 I go about blackened,(H) but not by the sun;
I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.(I)
29 I have become a brother of jackals,(J)
a companion of owls.(K)
30 My skin grows black(L) and peels;(M)
my body burns with fever.(N)
31 My lyre is tuned to mourning,(O)
and my pipe(P) to the sound of wailing.
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