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
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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