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
New American Standard Bible
20 I (A)cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me;
I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me.
21 You have [a]become cruel to me;
With the strength of Your hand You (B)persecute me.
22 You (C)lift me up to the wind and make me ride it;
And You dissolve me 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 one in a heap of ruins not reach out with his hand,
Or in his disaster does he not (F)cry out for help?
25 Have I not (G)wept for the [b]one whose life is hard?
Was my soul not grieved for (H)the needy?
26 When I (I)expected good, evil came;
When I waited for light, (J)darkness came.
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