Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Of what use was the strength of their hands to me, since their vigor had gone from them? New Living Translation A lot of good they are to me— those worn-out wretches! English Standard Version What could I gain from the strength of their hands, men whose vigor is gone? Berean Standard Bible What use to me was the strength of their hands, since their vigor had left them? King James Bible Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished? New King James Version Indeed, what profit is the strength of their hands to me? Their vigor has perished. New American Standard Bible “Indeed, what good was the strength of their hands to me? Vigor had perished from them. NASB 1995 “Indeed, what good was the strength of their hands to me? Vigor had perished from them. NASB 1977 “Indeed, what good was the strength of their hands to me? Vigor had perished from them. Legacy Standard Bible Indeed, what good was the strength of their hands to me? Vigor had perished from them. Amplified Bible “Indeed, how could the strength of their hands profit me? Vigor had perished from them. Christian Standard Bible What use to me was the strength of their hands? Their vigor had left them. Holman Christian Standard Bible What use to me was the strength of their hands? Their vigor had left them. American Standard Version Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? Men in whom ripe age is perished. Aramaic Bible in Plain English In those days that I despised their fathers and I did not value them with the dogs of my flocks Brenton Septuagint Translation Yea, why had I the strength of their hands? for them the full term of life was lost. Contemporary English Version And those who insult me are helpless themselves. Douay-Rheims Bible The strength of whose hands was to me as nothing, and they were thought unworthy of life itself. English Revised Version Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? men in whom ripe age is perished. GOD'S WORD® Translation Of what use to me was the strength of their hands? Their strength is gone. Good News Translation They were a bunch of worn-out men, too weak to do any work for me. International Standard Version Furthermore, what could I have gained from men whose strength is gone? JPS Tanakh 1917 Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? Men in whom ripe age is perished. Literal Standard Version Also—the power of their hands, why [is it] to me? On them old age has perished. Majority Standard Bible What use to me was the strength of their hands, since their vigor had left them? New American Bible Such strength as they had meant nothing to me; their vigor had perished. NET Bible Moreover, the strength of their hands--what use was it to me? Men whose strength had perished; New Revised Standard Version What could I gain from the strength of their hands? All their vigor is gone. New Heart English Bible Of what use is the strength of their hands to me, men in whom ripe age has perished? Webster's Bible Translation Yes, to what might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age had perished? World English Bible Of what use is the strength of their hands to me, men in whom ripe age has perished? Young's Literal Translation Also -- the power of their hands, why is it to me? On them hath old age perished. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job's Honor Turned into Contempt1“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs. 2 What use to me was the strength of their hands, since their vigor had left them? 3Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night.… Cross References Job 30:1 "But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs. Job 30:3 Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night. Treasury of Scripture Yes, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished? Jump to Previous Age Force Gain Good Hands Indeed Perished Power Profit Ripe Strength Use Vigor Vigour WheretoJump to Next Age Force Gain Good Hands Indeed Perished Power Profit Ripe Strength Use Vigor Vigour WheretoJob 30 1. Job's honor is turned into extreme contempt15. and his prosperity into calamity (2) Whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, is the description of the fathers; Job 30:3 seqq. describes their children. The people here spoken of seem to have been somewhat similar to those known to the ancients as Troglodytes (Herod. iv. 183, &c.), the inhabitants of caves, who lived an outcast life and had manners and customs of their own. They are desolate with want and famine. They flee into the wilderness on the eve of wasteness and desolation, or when all is dark (yester night), waste, and desolate. It is evident that Job must have been familiar with a people of this kind, an alien and proscribed race living in the way he mentions.Verse 2. - Yes, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me? Men, who had no such strength in their hands as to yield an employer any profit - poor, weak creatures, in whom old age (rather, manly vigour) was perished. An effete race seems to be pointed at, without strength or stamina, nerveless, spiritless, "destined to early decay and premature death;" but how they had sunk into such a condition is not apparent. Too often such remanents are merely tribes physically weak, whom more powerful ones have starved and stunted, driving them into the least productive regions, and in every way making life hard for them. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Indeed,גַּם־ (gam-) Conjunction Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and what use לָ֣מָּה (lām·māh) Preposition-l | Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what to me לִּ֑י (lî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew was the strength כֹּ֣חַ (kō·aḥ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3581: A small reptile (of unknown species) of their hands, יְ֭דֵיהֶם (yə·ḏê·hem) Noun - fdc | third person masculine plural Strong's 3027: A hand since their vigor כָּֽלַח׃ (kā·laḥ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3624: Firm or rugged strength had left them? אָ֣בַד (’ā·ḇaḏ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish Links Job 30:2 NIVJob 30:2 NLT Job 30:2 ESV Job 30:2 NASB Job 30:2 KJV Job 30:2 BibleApps.com Job 30:2 Biblia Paralela Job 30:2 Chinese Bible Job 30:2 French Bible Job 30:2 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 30:2 Of what use is the strength (Jb) |
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