Job 30

KJVBut now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

GIGAKJVBut now those who are younger than I mock me, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

KJVYea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?

GIGAKJVYes, to which might the strength of their hands profit me, whose old age had perished?

KJVFor want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.

GIGAKJVFor want and famine they were solitary, fleeing into the wilderness in former time ruined and waste.

KJVWho cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.

GIGAKJVWho cut up wild herbs by the bushes, and broom roots for their food.

KJVThey were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)

GIGAKJVThey were driven out from among men. They cried after them as after a thief.

KJVTo dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.

GIGAKJVTo live in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.

KJVAmong the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.

GIGAKJVAmong the bushes they brayed. Under the nettles they were gathered together.

KJVThey were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.

GIGAKJVThey were children of fools, yes, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.

KJVAnd now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

GIGAKJVAnd now I am their song, yes, I am their byword.

KJVThey abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.

GIGAKJVThey hate me, they flee far from me, and do not spare to spit in my face.

KJVBecause he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.

GIGAKJVBecause he has untied my cord, and made me suffer, they have also let loose the bridle before me.

KJVUpon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.

GIGAKJVOn my right hand rise the youth. They push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.

KJVThey mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.

GIGAKJVThey mar my path, they set forward my disaster, they have no helper.

KJVThey came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.

GIGAKJVThey came on me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the ruin they rolled themselves on me.

KJVTerrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

GIGAKJVTerrors are turned on me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passes away as a cloud.

KJVAnd now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

GIGAKJVAnd now my soul is poured out on me. The days of suffering have taken hold on me.

KJVMy bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.

GIGAKJVMy bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my tendons take no rest.

KJVBy the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.

GIGAKJVBy the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it binds me about as the collar of my coat.

KJVHe hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

GIGAKJVHe has cast me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.

KJVI cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.

GIGAKJVI cry to you, and you do not hear me: I stand up, and you do not regard me.

KJVThou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.

GIGAKJVYou have become cruel to me: with your strong hand you oppose yourself against me.

KJVThou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.

GIGAKJVYou lift me up to the wind. You cause me to ride on it, and dissolve my substance.

KJVFor I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

GIGAKJVFor I know that you will bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

KJVHowbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.

GIGAKJVHowever he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.

KJVDid not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?

GIGAKJVDid not I weep for him who was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?

KJVWhen I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

GIGAKJVWhen I looked for good, then evil came to me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

KJVMy bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.

GIGAKJVMy inward parts boiled, and did not rest. The days of suffering went before me.

KJVI went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.

GIGAKJVI went mourning without the sun. I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.

KJVMy skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.

GIGAKJVMy skin is black on me, and my bones are burned with heat.

KJVMy harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.

GIGAKJVMy harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of those who weep.