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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>. 30:25 Have I not <03808> <0518> wept <01058> for the unfortunate <07186>? Was not my soul <05315> grieved <05701> for the poor <034>? 30:26 But when <03588> I hoped <06960> for good <02896>, trouble <07451> came; when I expected <03176> light <0216>, then darkness <0652> came <0935>. 30:27 My heart <04578> is in turmoil <07570> unceasingly <01826> <03808>; the days <03117> of my affliction <06040> confront <06923> me. 30:28 I go <01980> about blackened <06937>, but not <03808> by the sun <02535>; in the assembly <06951> I stand up <06965> and cry for help <07768>. 30:29 I have become <01961> a brother <0251> to jackals <08577> and a companion <07453> of ostriches <03284> <01323>. 30:30 My skin <05785> has turned dark <07835> on <05921> me; my body <06106> is hot <02787> with <04480> fever <02721>. 30:31 My harp <03658> is used for mourning <060> and my flute <05748> for the sound <06963> of weeping <01058>.

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

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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.
  

• 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 ...
  

• 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 ...
  

• Music

  [isbe] MUSIC - mu'-zik: I. IMPORTANCE 1. The Sole Art Cultivated 2. A Wide Vocabulary of Musical Terms 3. Place in Social and Personal Life 4. Universal Language of Emotions 5. Use in Divine Service 6. Part at Religious Reformation...
  [nave] MUSIC Teachers of, 1 Chr. 15:22; 25:7, 8; 2 Chr. 23:13. Physical effect of, on people, 1 Sam. 16:15, 16, 23. Discoursed during the offering of sacrifices, 2 Chr. 29:27, 28. Precentor, Neh. 12:42. Chief musician, Neh. 12:...
  

• Owl

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. bath-haya'anah, "daughter of greediness" or of "shouting." In the list of unclean birds (Lev. 11:16; Deut. 14:15); also mentioned in Job 30:29; Isa. 13:21; 34:13; 43:20; Jer. 50:39; Micah 1:8. In all these passages...
  [smith] A number of species of the owl are mentioned in the Bible, (Leviticus 11:17; 14:16; Isaiah 14:23; 34:15; Zephaniah 2:14) and in several other places the same Hebrew word is used where it is translated ostrich. (Job 30:29; Jer...
  [nave] OWL, a carnivorous bird. Unclean, Lev. 11:16, 17; Deut. 14:15, 16; Job 30:29; Isa. 13:21; 34:11, 13; 43:20; Jer. 50:39; Mic. 1:8.
  

• DRAGON

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. tannim, plural of tan. The name of some unknown creature inhabiting desert places and ruins (Job 30:29; Ps. 44:19; Isa. 13:22; 34:13; 43:20; Jer. 10:22; Micah 1:8; Mal. 1:3); probably, as translated in the Revised ...
  [isbe] DRAGON - drag'-un (tannin, plural tannim, tannoth; drakon): Tannin and the plural tanninim occur 14 t, and in English Versions of the Bible are variously rendered "dragon," "whale," "serpent" or "sea-monster"; but Lam 4:3, t...
  [smith] The translators of the Authorized Version, apparently following the Vulgate, have rendered by the same word "dragon" the two Hebrew words tan and tannin , which appear to be quite distinct in meaning. The former is used, alw...
  

• 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.
  

• 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, ...
  

• Poor

  [isbe] POOR - poor ('ebhyon, dal, `ani, rush; ptochos): I. In the Old Testament. The poor have great prominence in the Bible; it is said, indeed, that there should be no poor among the Hebrews because Yahweh should so greatly bless...
  [nave] POOR Atonement money of, uniform with that of the rich, Ex. 30:15. Inexpensive offerings of the poor, Lev. 5:7; 12:8; 14:21, 22. See: Beneficence; Giving; Liberality; Orphans; Poverty; Widow. Also See: Rich; Riches. Uncl...
  

• 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. ...
  

• OSTRICH

  [isbe] OSTRICH - os'-trich (ya`anah; strouthos; Latin Struthio camelus): The largest bird now living. The Hebrew words ya`anah, which means "greediness," and bath ha-ya`anah, "daughter of greediness," are made to refer to the indis...
  [smith] a large bird, native of African and Arabia, nearly ten feet high, having s long neck and short wings. It seeks retired places, (Job 30:29; Lamentations 4:13) and has a peculiar mournful cry that is sometimes mistaken by the 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...
  

• Jackal

  [isbe] JACKAL - jak'-ol: (1) tannim, "jackals," the King James Version "dragons"; compare Arabic tinan, "wolf"; and compare tannin, Arab tinnin, "sea monster" or "monster" the English Revised Version "dragon" (Job 7:12 m; Ps 74:13;...
  [nave] JACKAL a carnivorous animal Neh. 2:13; Job 30:29; Psa. 44:19; 63:10; Isa. 13:21, 22; 34:13; 35:7; 43:20; Jer. 9:11; 10:22; 14:6; 49:33; 51:37; Lam. 4:3; 5:18; Ezek. 13:4; Mic. 1:8; Mal. 1:3
  

• 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...
  

• 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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