Job 30:20-26
Holman 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 man[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
- Job 30:24 Lit a heap of ruins
Job 30:20-26
Common English Bible
20 I cry to you, and you don’t answer;
I stand up, but you just look at me.
21 You are cruel to me,
attack me with the strength of your hand.
22 You lift me to the wind and make me ride;
you melt me in its roar.
23 I know you will return me to death,
the house appointed for all the living.
Job’s agony
24 Surely he won’t strike someone in ruins
if in distress he cries out to him,
25 if I didn’t weep for those who have a difficult day
or my soul grieve for the needy;
26 for I awaited good, but evil came;
I expected light, but gloom arrived.
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