Job 30 ISV NLT Parallel

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1"But now they mock me; men who are far younger than I, whose fathers I would have hated to entrust with my own sheep dogs.

1“But now I am mocked by people younger than I, by young men whose fathers are not worthy to run with my sheepdogs.

2Furthermore, what could I have gained from men whose strength is gone?

2A lot of good they are to me— those worn-out wretches!

3Unproductive due to poverty and hunger, they could only scratch in parched soil, devastated and desolated.

3They are gaunt from poverty and hunger. They claw the dry ground in desolate wastelands.

4"They would pluck off herbs from salt marshes to eat; and roots of the broom shrub for food.

4They pluck wild greens from among the bushes and eat from the roots of broom trees.

5Driven away from human company, they were shouted at as though they were thieves.

5They are driven from human society, and people shout at them as if they were thieves.

6They lived in the most dangerous of ravines, in holes in the ground, and among rocks.

6So now they live in frightening ravines, in caves and among the rocks.

7They bray like donkeys among the bushes and huddle together under the desert weeds.

7They sound like animals howling among the bushes, huddled together beneath the nettles.

8Sons of fools and of uncertain reputation, they have been driven from the land by scourging."

8They are nameless fools, outcasts from society.

9"Now, I've become the object of their mocking melodies; I'm nothing but a fool's proverb to them!

9“And now they mock me with vulgar songs! They taunt me!

10They abhor me—they keep their distance from me; but they don't refrain from spitting at the sight of me.

10They despise me and won’t come near me, except to spit in my face.

11But God has loosened his cord and afflicted me; so they've cast off all restraints in my presence.

11For God has cut my bowstring. He has humbled me, so they have thrown off all restraint.

12"A wretched crowd ambushes me to my right; they trip my feet; they build up their path of calamity for me.

12These outcasts oppose me to my face. They send me sprawling and lay traps in my path.

13They tear up my pathways; they profit from my destruction, and they need no help to do this!

13They block my road and do everything they can to destroy me. They know I have no one to help me.

14They come like those who breach through a wall; as everything crashes around me they'll roll on and on!

14They come at me from all directions. They jump on me when I am down.

15My greatest fears have overcome me; my honor is assaulted as though by a wind storm; my prosperity evaporates like a morning cloud."

15I live in terror now. My honor has blown away in the wind, and my prosperity has vanished like a cloud.

16"Now, my soul pours itself out; the time of my affliction has taken control of me.

16“And now my life seeps away. Depression haunts my days.

17The night racks my bones; and the pain that gnaws on me will not rest.

17At night my bones are filled with pain, which gnaws at me relentlessly.

18My clothes are disheveled by his forceful treatment of me; he restricts my movement like the collar of my cloak.

18With a strong hand, God grabs my shirt. He grips me by the collar of my coat.

19"He tossed me into the mire; I've become like dust and ashes.

19He has thrown me into the mud. I’m nothing more than dust and ashes.

20I cry for help to you, but you won't answer me; I stand still, but you only look at me.

20“I cry to you, O God, but you don’t answer. I stand before you, but you don’t even look.

21You changed toward me, and now you're cruel to me; with your mighty hand you are persecuting me;

21You have become cruel toward me. You use your power to persecute me.

22you carried me off in a wind storm, making me ride on it while you toss me about as the storm roars around me.

22You throw me into the whirlwind and destroy me in the storm.

23I know that you're about to kill me, so I'm about to go to the house that's appointed for all the living."

23And I know you are sending me to my death— the destination of all who live.

24"Surely he won't stretch his hand against the needy, will he, especially if they cry to him in their calamity?

24“Surely no one would turn against the needy when they cry for help in their trouble.

25Haven't I wept for the one who is going through hard times? Haven't I grieved for the needy?

25Did I not weep for those in trouble? Was I not deeply grieved for the needy?

26I have hoped for good, but evil came instead; I have hoped for light, but darkness came.

26So I looked for good, but evil came instead. I waited for the light, but darkness fell.

27I'm boiling mad inside, and I won't remain silent; the time for my affliction to confront me has arrived.

27My heart is troubled and restless. Days of suffering torment me.

28"In growing darkness, I walked without sunlight; I stood in the congregation to cry for help.

28I walk in gloom, without sunlight. I stand in the public square and cry for help.

29I've become a brother to jackals, and a friend to ostriches.

29Instead, I am considered a brother to jackals and a companion to owls.

30My skin turns black all over me; and my bones seem burned from the heat.

30My skin has turned dark, and my bones burn with fever.

31But my harp is in mourning; my flute plays only songs for those who are weeping." Job Asserts His Moral Innocence

31My harp plays sad music, and my flute accompanies those who weep.

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