Job 30 – Studienbibel

1 But now they that are younger6810 3117 than I have me in derision7832, whose fathers1 I would have disdained3988 to have set7896 with the dogs3611 of my flock6629.¹ 2 Yea, whereto4100 might the strength3581 of their hands3027 profit me, in whom old age3624 was perished6? 3 For want2639 and famine3720 they were solitary1565; fleeing6207 into the wilderness6723 in former time570 desolate7722 and waste4875.²³ 4 Who cut up6998 mallows4408 by the bushes7880, and juniper7574 roots8328 for their meat3899. 5 They were driven forth1644 from among1460 men, (they cried7321 after them as after a thief1590;) 6 To dwell7931 in the clifts6178 of the valleys5158, in caves2356 of the earth6083, and in the rocks3710.⁴ 7 Among the bushes7880 they brayed5101; under the nettles2738 they were gathered together5596. 8 They were children1121 of fools5036, yea, children1121 of base men8034: they were viler5217 than the earth776.⁵ 9 And now am I their song5058, yea, I am their byword4405. 10 They abhor8581 me, they flee far7368 from me, and spare2820 not to spit7536 in my face6440.⁶ 11 Because he hath loosed6605 my cord3499, and afflicted6031 me, they have also let loose7971 the bridle7448 before6440 me. 12 Upon my right3225 hand rise6965 the youth6526; they push away7971 my feet7272, and they raise up5549 against me the ways734 of their destruction343. 13 They mar5420 my path5410, they set forward3276 my calamity1942 1962, they have no helper5826. 14 They came857 upon me as a wide7342 breaking6556 in of waters: in8478 the desolation7722 they rolled1556 themselves upon me.

15 Terrors1091 are turned2015 upon me: they pursue7291 my soul5082 as the wind7307: and my welfare3444 passeth away5674 as a cloud5645.⁷ 16 And now my soul5315 is poured out8210 upon me; the days3117 of affliction6040 have taken hold270 upon me. 17 My bones6106 are pierced5365 in me in the night season3915: and my sinews6207 take no rest7901. 18 By the great7230 force3581 of my disease is my garment3830 changed2664: it bindeth me about247 as the collar6310 of my coat3801. 19 He hath cast3384 me into the mire2563, and I am become like4911 dust6083 and ashes665. 20 I cry7768 unto thee, and thou dost not hear6030 me: I stand up5975, and thou regardest995 me not. 21 Thou art become2015 cruel393 to me: with thy strong6108 hand3027 thou opposest7852 thyself against me.⁸⁹ 22 Thou liftest me up5375 to the wind7307; thou causest me to ride7392 upon it, and dissolvest4127 my substance8454 7738.¹⁰ 23 For I know3045 that thou wilt bring7725 me to death4194, and to the house1004 appointed4150 for all living2416. 24 Howbeit he will not stretch out7971 his hand3027 to the grave1164, though they cry7769 in his destruction6365.¹¹ 25 Did not I weep1058 for him that was in trouble7186 3117? was not my soul5315 grieved5701 for the poor34?¹² 26 When I looked6960 for good2896, then evil7451 came935 unto me: and when I waited3176 for light216, there came935 darkness652. 27 My bowels4578 boiled7570, and rested1826 not: the days3117 of affliction6040 prevented6923 me. 28 I went1980 mourning6937 without the sun2535: I stood up6965, and I cried7768 in the congregation6951. 29 I am a brother251 to dragons8577, and a companion7453 to owls1323 3284.¹³ 30 My skin5785 is black7835 upon me, and my bones6106 are burned2787 with heat2721. 31 My harp3658 also is turned to mourning60, and my organ5748 into the voice6963 of them that weep1058.