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“But now they laugh at me,
men who are younger than I,
whose fathers I would have disdained
to set with the dogs of my flock.
men who are younger than I,
whose fathers I would have disdained
to set with the dogs of my flock.
Job's Honor Turned into Contempt
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
What could I gain from the strength of their hands,
men whose vigor is gone?
men whose vigor is gone?
Yea, whereto [should] the strength of their hands [profit] me, [men] in whom vigour hath perished?
Through want and hard hunger
they gnaw the dry ground by night in waste and desolation;
they gnaw the dry ground by night in waste and desolation;
Withered up through want and hunger, they flee into waste places long since desolate and desert:
They gather the salt-wort among the bushes, and the roots of the broom for their food.
They are driven out from human company;
they shout after them as after a thief.
they shout after them as after a thief.
They are driven forth from among [men] -- they cry after them as after a thief --
In the gullies of the torrents they must dwell,
in holes of the earth and of the rocks.
in holes of the earth and of the rocks.
To dwell in gloomy gorges, in caves of the earth and the rocks:
Among the bushes they bray;
under the nettles they huddle together.
under the nettles they huddle together.
They bray among the bushes; under the brambles they are gathered together:
A senseless, a nameless brood,
they have been whipped out of the land.
they have been whipped out of the land.
Sons of fools, and sons of nameless sires, they are driven out of the land.
“And now I have become their song;
I am a byword to them.
I am a byword to them.
And now I am their song, yea, I am their byword.
They abhor me; they keep aloof from me;
they do not hesitate to spit at the sight of me.
they do not hesitate to spit at the sight of me.
They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, yea, they spare not to spit in my face.
For he hath loosed my cord and afflicted me; so they cast off the bridle before me.
On my right hand the rabble rise;
they push away my feet;
they cast up against me their ways of destruction.
they push away my feet;
they cast up against me their ways of destruction.
At [my] right hand rise the young brood; they push away my feet, and raise up against me their pernicious ways;
They break up my path;
they promote my calamity;
they need no one to help them.
they promote my calamity;
they need no one to help them.
They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, without any to help them;
As through a wide breach they come;
amid the crash they roll on.
amid the crash they roll on.
They come in as through a wide breach: amid the confusion they roll themselves onward.
Terrors are turned upon me;
my honor is pursued as by the wind,
and my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.
my honor is pursued as by the wind,
and my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.
Job's Prosperity Becomes Calamity
Terrors are turned against me; they pursue mine honour as the wind; and my welfare is passed away like a cloud.
Terrors are turned against me; they pursue mine honour as the wind; and my welfare is passed away like a cloud.
“And now my soul is poured out within me;
days of affliction have taken hold of me.
days of affliction have taken hold of me.
And now my soul is poured out in me; days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
The night racks my bones,
and the pain that gnaws me takes no rest.
and the pain that gnaws me takes no rest.
The night pierceth through my bones [and detacheth them] from me, and my gnawing pains take no rest:
With great force my garment is disfigured;
it binds me about like the collar of my tunic.
it binds me about like the collar of my tunic.
By their great force they have become my raiment; they bind me about as the collar of my coat.
He hath cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.
I cry to you for help and you do not answer me;
I stand, and you only look at me.
I stand, and you only look at me.
I cry unto thee, and thou answerest me not; I stand up, and thou lookest at me.
You have turned cruel to me;
with the might of your hand you persecute me.
with the might of your hand you persecute me.
Thou art changed to a cruel one to me; with the strength of thy hand thou pursuest me.
You lift me up on the wind; you make me ride on it,
and you toss me about in the roar of the storm.
and you toss me about in the roar of the storm.
Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to be borne away, and dissolvest my substance.
For I know that you will bring me to death
and to the house appointed for all living.
and to the house appointed for all living.
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and into the house of assemblage for all living.
Indeed, no prayer [availeth] when he stretcheth out [his] hand: though they cry when he destroyeth.
Did not I weep for him whose day was hard?
Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
Did not I weep for him whose days were hard? was not my soul grieved for the needy?
But when I hoped for good, evil came,
and when I waited for light, darkness came.
and when I waited for light, darkness came.
For I expected good, and there came evil; and I waited for light, but there came darkness.
My inward parts are in turmoil and never still;
days of affliction come to meet me.
days of affliction come to meet me.
My bowels well up, and rest not; days of affliction have confronted me.
I go about darkened, but not by the sun;
I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
I go about blackened, but not by the sun; I stand up, I cry in the congregation.
I am a brother of jackals
and a companion of ostriches.
and a companion of ostriches.
I am become a brother to jackals, and a companion of ostriches.
My skin turns black and falls from me,
and my bones burn with heat.
and my bones burn with heat.
My skin is become black [and falleth] off me, and my bones are parched with heat.