Job 30:20-26
Legacy Standard Bible
20 I (A)cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me;
I stand up, and You carefully consider how to be against me.
21 You have [a]become cruel to me;
With the might of Your hand You (B)hunted me down.
22 You (C)lift me up to the wind and cause me to ride;
And You melt me away in a storm.
23 For I know that You (D)will bring me to death
And to the (E)house of meeting for all living.
24 “Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand,
Or, in his upheaval, is there a (F)cry for help because of them?
25 Have I not (G)wept for the [b]one whose life is hard?
Was not my soul grieved for (H)the needy?
26 When I (I)hoped for good, then evil came;
When I waited for light, (J)then thick darkness came.
Job 30:20-26
English Standard Version
20 I cry to you for help and you do not answer me;
I stand, and you only look at me.
21 You have (A)turned cruel to me;
with the might of your hand you (B)persecute me.
22 (C)You lift me up on the wind; you make me ride on it,
and you toss me about in the roar of the storm.
23 (D)For I know that you will bring me to death
and to the house appointed for (E)all living.
24 “Yet does not one in a (F)heap of ruins stretch out his hand,
and in his disaster cry for help?[a]
25 Did not I (G)weep for him whose day was hard?
Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
26 But (H)when I hoped for good, evil came,
and when I waited for light, (I)darkness came.
Footnotes
- Job 30:24 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
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