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30:1 “But now <06258> they mock <07832> me, those who are younger <06810> than <04480> I, whose <0834> fathers <01> I disdained <03988> too much to put <07896> with <05973> my sheep <06629> dogs <03611>. 30:2 Moreover <01571>, the strength <03581> of their hands <03027>– what <04100> use was it to <05921> me? Men whose strength <03624> had perished <06>; 30:3 gaunt <01565> with want <02639> and hunger <03720>, they would gnaw <06207> the parched land <06723>, in former time <0570> desolate <07722> and waste <04875>. 30:4 By the brush <06998> they would gather herbs <04408> from <05921> the salt marshes <07880>, and the root <08328> of the broom tree <07574> was their food <03899>. 30:5 They were banished <01644> from <04480> the community <01460>– people shouted <07321> at them like they would shout <07321> at <05921> thieves <01590>– 30:6 so that they had to live <07931> in the dry stream <05158> beds <06178>, in the holes <02356> of the ground <06083>, and among the rocks <03710>. 30:7 They brayed <05101> like animals among <0996> the bushes <07880> and were huddled together <05596> under <08478> the nettles <02738>. 30:8 Sons <01121> of senseless <05036> and nameless <08034> <01097> people <01121>, they were driven out <05217> of the land <0776> with whips. 30:9 “And now <06258> I have become their taunt song <05058>; I have become <01961> a byword <04405> among them <01992>. 30:10 They detest <08581> me and maintain <07368> their distance <07368>; they do not <03808> hesitate <02820> to spit <07536> in my face <06440>. 30:11 Because <03588> God has untied <06605> my tent cord <03499> and afflicted <06031> me, people throw off <07971> all restraint <07448> in my presence <06440>. 30:12 On <05921> my right <03225> the young rabble <06526> rise up <06965>; they drive <07971> me from place to place <07272>, and build up <05549> siege ramps <0343> <0734> against <05921> me. 30:13 They destroy <05420> my path <05410>; they succeed <03276> in destroying <01942> me without <03808> anyone assisting <05826> them. 30:14 They come <0857> in as through a wide <07342> breach <06556>; amid <08478> the crash <07722> they come rolling <01556> in. 30:15 Terrors <01091> are turned loose <02015> on <05921> me; they drive away <07291> my honor <05082> like the wind <07307>, and like a cloud <05645> my deliverance <03444> has passed away <05674>. 30:16 “And now <06258> my soul <05315> pours <08210> itself out within me; days <03117> of suffering <06040> take hold <0270> of me. 30:17 Night <03915> pierces <05365> my bones <06106>; my gnawing <06207> pains never <03808> cease <07901>. 30:18 With great <07227> power <03581> God grasps <02664> my clothing <03830>; he binds <0247> me like the collar <06310> of my tunic <03801>. 30:19 He has flung <03384> me into the mud <02563>, and I have come to resemble <04911> dust <06083> and ashes <0665>. 30:20 I cry out <07768> to <0413> you, but you do not <03808> answer <06030> me; I stand <05975> up, and you only look at <0995> me. 30:21 You have become <02015> cruel <0393> to me; with the strength <06108> of your hand <03027> you attack <07852> me. 30:22 You pick <05375> me up <05375> on <0413> the wind <07307> and make me ride <07392> on it; you toss <04127> me about in the storm <07738>. 30:23 I know <03045> that <03588> you are bringing <07725> me to death <04194>, to the meeting <04150> place <01004> for all <03605> the living <02416>. 30:24 “Surely <0389> one does not <03808> stretch out <07971> his hand <03027> against a broken <0518> man when <03861> he cries for help <07769> in his distress <06365>.

• Job 30:1-8 -- Job's Present Misery
• Job 30:9-15 -- Job's Indignities
• Job 30:16-23 -- Job's Despondency
• Job 30:24-31 -- The Contrast With the Past

• JOB, BOOK OF

  [isbe] JOB, BOOK OF - || I. INTRODUCTORY 1. Place in the Canon 2. Rank and Readers II. THE LITERARY FRAMEWORK 1. Setting of Time, Place and Scene 2. Characters and Personality 3. Form and Style III. THE COURSE OF THE STORY A) To Jo...
  

• Job

  [nave] JOB 1. A man who dwelt in Uz, Job 1:1. Righteousness of, Job 1:1, 5, 8; 2:3; Ezek. 14:14, 20. Riches of, Job 1:3. Trial of, by affliction of Satan, Job 1:13-19; 2:7-10. Fortitude of, Job 1:20-22; 2:10; Jas. 5:11. Visite...
  

• Complaint

  [nave] COMPLAINT of Israelites against Moses, Ex. 5:21; 15:24; 16:2, 3; Num. 16:2, 3, 13, 14, 41; 20:2-4. Against God Ex. 5:22, 23; Ex. 16:8, 12; Num. 14:26-37 Num. 17:10, 11. Job 15:11-13; Job 33:12, 13; Job 34:37; Psa. 37:1; Ps...
  

• Persecution

  [nave] PERSECUTION See also Intolerance; Bigotry. Of Jesus Gen. 3:15; Psa. 2:1-5; Psa. 22:1, 2, 6-8, 11-21; Psa. 69:7-9, 20, 21, 26 vs. 1-21.; Psa. 109:25; Isa. 49:7; Isa. 50:6; Isa. 52:14; Isa. 53:2-5, 7-10; Mic. 5:1; Matt. 2:13...
  

• Afflictions and Adversities

  [nave] AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Benefits of; Benefits of, Illustrated; Consolation in; Deliverance from; Design of; Despondency in; Dispe...
  

• Juniper

  [ebd] (Heb. rothem), called by the Arabs retem, and known as Spanish broom; ranked under the genus genista. It is a desert shrub, and abounds in many parts of Palestine. In the account of his journey from Akabah to Jerusalem, Dr. ...
  [isbe] JUNIPER - joo'-ni-per (rothem; rhathmen, 1 Ki 19:4 f, margin "broom"; Ps 120:4, m "broom"; Job 30:4 translated "broom"): This is quite certainly the Arabic ratam (Retama retem, Natural Order, Leguminosae), a variety of broom...
  [smith] (1 Kings 19:4,5; Job 30:4; Psalms 120:4) a sort of broom, Genista monosperma, G. raetam of Forskal, answering to the Arabic rethem . It is very abundant in the desert of Sinai, and affords shade and protection, in both hea...
  [nave] JUNIPER, a tree, 1 Kin. 19:4, 5; Job 30:4; Psa. 120:4.
  

• Dog

  [ebd] frequently mentioned both in the Old and New Testaments. Dogs were used by the Hebrews as a watch for their houses (Isa. 56:10), and for guarding their flocks (Job 30:1). There were also then as now troops of semi-wild dogs ...
  [isbe] DOG - kelebh; (compare Arabic kelb, "dog"); kuon; and diminutive kunarion): References to the dog, both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament, are usually of a contemptuous character. A dog, and especially a dead dog...
  [smith] an animal frequently mentioned in Scripture. It was used by the hebrews as a watch for their houses, (Isaiah 56:10) and for guarding their flocks. (Job 30:1) Then also, as now troops of hungry and semi-wild dogs used to wande...
  [nave] DOG Price of, not to be brought into the sanctuary, Deut. 23:18. Shepherd dogs, Job 30:1. Habits of: Licking blood, 1 Kin. 21:19; 22:38; licking sores, Luke 16:21; returns to his vomit, Prov. 26:11; 2 Pet. 2:22; lapping of...
  

• CLOUD

  [ebd] The Hebrew so rendered means "a covering," because clouds cover the sky. The word is used as a symbol of the Divine presence, as indicating the splendour of that glory which it conceals (Ex. 16:10; 33:9; Num. 11:25; 12:5; Jo...
  [isbe] CLOUD - kloud (`anan, `abh; nephele, nephos): I. Clouds in Palestine. In the Bible few references are found of particular clouds or of clouds in connection with the phenomena of the weather conditions. The weather in Palesti...
  [smith] The shelter given, and refreshment of rain promised, by clouds give them their peculiar prominence in Oriental imagery. When a cloud appears rain is ordinarily apprehended, and thus the "cloud without rain" becomes a proverb ...
  

• CRY, CRYING

  [isbe] CRY, CRYING - kri'-ing (zaaq, tsa`aq (and forms), qara', shawa`, rinnah; boao, krazo, phoneo): Various words are translated "cry," "crying," etc., the chief of which are those above given; za'aq and tsa`aq denote especially ...
  

• Shepherd

  [isbe] SHEPHERD - shep'-erd (ro`eh, ro`i; poimen, "a feeder"): The sheep owner frequently tends the flocks himself (Gen 4:4; 30:40; compare Ezek 34:12), but more often he delegates the work to his children (Gen 29:9; 1 Sam 16:19; 1...
  [smith] In a nomadic state of society every man, from the sheikh down to the slave, is more or less a shepherd. The progenitors of the Jews in the patriarchal age were nomads, and their history is rich in scenes of pastoral life. The...
  [nave] SHEPHERD One who cares for flocks, Gen. 31:38-40; Psa. 78:52, 53; Jer. 31:10; Amos 3:12; Luke 2:8. David the, defends his flock against a lion and a bear, 1 Sam. 17:34, 35. Causes the flock to rest, Psa. 23:2; Song 1:7; Je...
  

• Mallows

  [ebd] occurs only in Job 30:4 (R.V., "saltwort"). The word so rendered (malluah, from melah, "salt") most probably denotes the Atriplex halimus of Linnaeus, a species of sea purslane found on the shores of the Dead Sea, as also of...
  [smith] (Job 30:4)
  [nave] MALLOWS, a plant, Job 30:4.
  

• Nettles

  [isbe] NETTLES - net'-'lz: (1) charul, (Job 30:7; Prov 24:31; Zeph 2:9 margin, in all, "wild vetches"); the translation "nettles" is due to the supposed derivations of charul from an (obsolete) charal, meaning "to be sharp" or "sti...
  [nave] NETTLES, an obnoxious plant, Prov. 24:31; Isa. 34:13. Figurative Job 30:7; Hos. 9:6; Zeph. 2:9. See: Briers.
  

• COLLAR

  [ebd] (Heb. peh), means in Job 30:18 the mouth or opening of the garment that closes round the neck in the same way as a tunic (Ex. 39:23). The "collars" (Heb. netiphoth) among the spoils of the Midianites (Judg. 8:26; R.V., "pend...
  [isbe] COLLAR - kol'-ar, kol'-er: (1) (neTphah, plural neTphoth, literally, "drops," from naTaph, "to drop"). Jdg 8:26 includes neTphoth among the spoils taken from the Midianites and Ishmaelites; the Revised Version (British and A...
  

• UT

  [smith] (wooded). A son of Aram, (Genesis 10:23; 1 Chronicles 1:17) end consequently a grand son of Shem. (B.C. 2400-2300.) A son of Nahor by Milcah. (Genesis 22:21) Authorized Version, Huz. (B.C. about 1900.) A son of Dishan, an...
  

• Doubting

  [nave] DOUBTING. Job 4:3-6; Job 9:16-23; Job 30:20, 21 Job 3; 16; 17; 23:15-17. Psa. 22:2; Psa. 31:22; Psa. 42:5, 6; Psa. 49:5; Psa. 73:13-17; Psa. 77:3, 7-9; Prov. 24:10; Isa. 40:27, 28 Isa. 50:2. Isa. 49:14, 15; Jer. 8:18; Jer. ...
  

• Children

  [nave] CHILDREN In answer to prayer: To Abraham, Gen. 15:2-5, with Gen. 21:1, 2; Isaac, Gen. 25:21; Leah, Gen. 30:17-22; Rachel, Gen. 30:22-24; Haah, 1 Sam. 1:9-20; Zacharias, Luke 1:13. Treatment of, at birth, Ezek. 16:4-6; Luke ...
  

• Scoffing

  [nave] SCOFFING: 2 Chr. 30:6-10; 2 Chr. 36:16; Job 21:14, 15; Job 34:7; Psa. 1:1; Psa. 42:3 v. 10.; Psa. 73:11; Psa. 78:19, 20; Psa. 107:11, 12; Prov. 1:22, 25; Prov. 3:34; Prov. 9:12; Prov. 13:1; Prov. 14:6, 9; Prov. 19:29; Prov....
  

• BUSH

  [isbe] BUSH - boosh: (1) (ceneh, Ex 3:2-4; Dt 33:16; batos, Mk 12:26; Lk 6:44, "bramble bush"; 20:37; Acts 7:30,35. All the Old Testament references and the New Testament references, except Lk 6:44, are to the same "bush," namely, ...
  

• Pain

  [nave] PAIN. Job 14:22; Job 30:17, 18; Job 33:19; Lam. 3:5; Rev. 16:10; Rev. 21:4 See: Afflictions.
  

• NETTLE

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. haral, "pricking" or "burning," Prov. 24:30, 31 (R.V. marg., "wild vetches"); Job 30:7; Zeph. 2:9. Many have supposed that some thorny or prickly plant is intended by this word, such as the bramble, the thistle, th...
  [smith] a well-known plant covered with minute sharp hairs; containing a poison that produces a painful, stifling sensation. It grows on neglected ground. A different Hebrew word in (Job 30:7; Proverbs 24:31; Zephaniah 2:9) seems to ...
  

• I Hoped for Good, but Evil Came

  

• Romans 8:18 and 1Pet chapter 4 seem to imply Christians should rejoice in our suffering because of the sympathy towards the suffering of Jesus,
  The suffering I have experienced does not compare to what you have described. The problem of pain is one that requires much more than a glib response. Indeed, the answer is probably the content of a book -- one...

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