Job 30:20-26
Christian Standard Bible
20 I cry out to you for help, but you do not answer me;(A)
when I stand up, you merely look at me.
21 You have turned against me with cruelty;
you harass(B) me with your strong hand.
22 You lift me up on the wind and make me ride it;
you scatter me in the storm.(C)
23 Yes, I know that you will lead me to death—
the place(D) appointed for all who live.
24 Yet no one would stretch out his hand
against a ruined person[a]
when he cries out to him for help
because of his distress.(E)
25 Have I not wept for those who have fallen on hard times?
Has my soul not grieved for the needy?(F)
26 But when I hoped for good, evil came;
when I looked for light, darkness(G) came.
Footnotes
- 30:24 Lit a heap of ruins
Job 30:20-26
International Standard Version
20 I cry for help to you,
but you won’t answer me;
I stand still,
but you only look at me.
21 You changed toward me, and now you’re cruel to me;
with your mighty hand you are persecuting me;
22 you carried me off in a wind storm,
making me ride on it
while you toss me about as the storm roars around me.
23 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 Lists His Hopes Despite His Deplorable Condition
24 “Surely he won’t stretch his hand against the needy, will he,
especially if they cry to him in their calamity?
25 Haven’t I wept for the one who is going through hard times?
Haven’t I grieved for the needy?
26 I have hoped for good, but evil came instead;
I have hoped for light, but darkness came.
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