--- title: Job 30 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Job chapter 30 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/30/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Job](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/) / chapter 30 # Job 30 31 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [30:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.1/) — וְעַתָּה ׀ שָֽׂחֲקוּ עָלַי צְעִירִים מִמֶּנִּי לְיָמִים אֲשֶׁר־מָאַסְתִּי אֲבוֹתָם לָשִׁית עִם־כַּלְבֵי צֹאנִֽי׃ — But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock. - [30:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.2/) — גַּם־כֹּחַ יְדֵיהֶם לָמָּה לִּי עָלֵימוֹ אָבַד כָּֽלַח׃ — Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? men in whom ripe age is perished. - [30:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.3/) — בְּחֶסֶר וּבְכָפָן גַּלְמוּד הַֽעֹרְקִים צִיָּה אֶמֶשׁ שׁוֹאָה וּמְשֹׁאָֽה׃ — They are gaunt with want and famine; they gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation. - [30:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.4/) — הַקֹּטְפִים מַלּוּחַ עֲלֵי־שִׂיחַ וְשֹׁרֶשׁ רְתָמִים לַחְמָֽם׃ — They pluck salt-wort with wormwood; and the roots of the broom are their food. - [30:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.5/) — מִן־גֵּו יְגֹרָשׁוּ יָרִיעוּ עָלֵימוֹ כַּגַּנָּֽב׃ — They are driven forth from the midst of men; they cry after them as after a thief. - [30:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.6/) — בַּעֲרוּץ נְחָלִים לִשְׁכֹּן חֹרֵי עָפָר וְכֵפִֽים׃ — In the clefts of the valleys must they dwell, in holes of the earth and of the rocks. - [30:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.7/) — בֵּין־שִׂיחִים יִנְהָקוּ תַּחַת חָרוּל יְסֻפָּֽחוּ׃ — Among the bushes they bray; under the nettles they are gathered together. - [30:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.8/) — בְּֽנֵי־נָבָל גַּם־בְּנֵי בְלִי־שֵׁם נִכְּאוּ מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ — They are children of churls, yea, children of ignoble men; they were scourged out of the land. - [30:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.9/) — וְעַתָּה נְגִינָתָם הָיִיתִי וָאֱהִי לָהֶם לְמִלָּֽה׃ — And now I am become their song, yea, I am a byword unto them. - [30:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.10/) — תִּֽעֲבוּנִי רָחֲקוּ מֶנִּי וּמִפָּנַי לֹא־חָשְׂכוּ רֹֽק׃ — They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face. - [30:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.11/) — כִּֽי־יִתְרִי פִתַּח וַיְעַנֵּנִי וְרֶסֶן מִפָּנַי שִׁלֵּֽחוּ׃ — For He hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, and they have cast off the bridle before me. - [30:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.12/) — עַל־יָמִין פִּרְחַח יָקוּמוּ רַגְלַי שִׁלֵּחוּ וַיָּסֹלּוּ עָלַי אָרְחוֹת אֵידָֽם׃ — Upon my right hand rise the brood; they entangle my feet, and they cast up against me their ways of destruction. - [30:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.13/) — נָתְסוּ נְֽתִיבָתִי לְהַוָּתִי יֹעִילוּ לֹא עֹזֵר לָֽמוֹ׃ — They break up my path, they further my calamity, even men that have no helper. - [30:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.14/) — כְּפֶרֶץ רָחָב יֶאֱתָיוּ תַּחַת שֹׁאָה הִתְגַּלְגָּֽלוּ׃ — As through a wide breach they come; in the midst of the ruin they roll themselves upon me. - [30:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.15/) — הָהְפַּךְ עָלַי בַּלָּהוֹת תִּרְדֹּף כָּרוּחַ נְדִבָתִי וּכְעָב עָבְרָה יְשֻׁעָתִֽי׃ — Terrors are turned upon me, they chase mine honour as the wind; and my welfare is passed away as a cloud. - [30:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.16/) — וְעַתָּה עָלַי תִּשְׁתַּפֵּךְ נַפְשִׁי יֹאחֲזוּנִי יְמֵי־עֹֽנִי׃ — And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold upon me. - [30:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.17/) — לַיְלָה עֲצָמַי נִקַּר מֵעָלָי וְעֹרְקַי לֹא יִשְׁכָּבֽוּן׃ — In the night my bones are pierced, and fall from me, and my sinews take no rest. - [30:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.18/) — בְּרָב־כֹּחַיִתְחַפֵּשׂ לְבוּשִׁי כְּפִי כֻתָּנְתִּי יַֽאַזְרֵֽנִי׃ — By the great force of my disease is my garment disfigured; it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. - [30:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.19/) — הֹרָנִי לַחֹמֶר וָאֶתְמַשֵּׁל כֶּעָפָר וָאֵֽפֶר׃ — He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. - [30:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.20/) — אֲשַׁוַּע אֵלֶיךָ וְלֹא תַעֲנֵנִי עָמַדְתִּי וַתִּתְבֹּנֶן בִּֽי׃ — I cry unto Thee, and Thou dost not answer me; I stand up, and Thou lookest at me. - [30:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.21/) — תֵּהָפֵךְ לְאַכְזָר לִי בְּעֹצֶם יָדְךָ תִשְׂטְמֵֽנִי׃ — Thou art turned to be cruel to me; with the might of Thy hand Thou hatest me. - [30:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.22/) — תִּשָּׂאֵנִי אֶל־רוּחַתַּרְכִּיבֵנִי וּתְמֹגְגֵנִי תּוּשִׁיָּֽה׃ — Thou liftest me up to the wind, Thou causest me to ride upon it; and Thou dissolvest my substance. - [30:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.23/) — כִּֽי־יָדַעְתִּי מָוֶת תְּשִׁיבֵנִי וּבֵית מוֹעֵד לְכָל־חָֽי׃ — For I know that Thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living. - [30:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.24/) — אַךְ לֹא־בְעִי יִשְׁלַח־יָד אִם־בְּפִידוֹ לָהֶן שֽׁוּעַ׃ — Surely none shall put forth his hand to a ruinous heap, neither because of these things shall help come in one's calamity, - [30:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.25/) — אִם־לֹא בָכִיתִי לִקְשֵׁה־יוֹם עָֽגְמָה נַפְשִׁי לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃ — If I have not wept for him that was in trouble, and if my soul grieved not for the needy. - [30:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.26/) — כִּי טוֹב קִוִּיתִי וַיָּבֹא רָע וַֽאֲיַחֲלָה לְאוֹר וַיָּבֹא אֹֽפֶל׃ — Yet, when I looked for good, there came evil; and when I waited for light, there came darkness. - [30:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.27/) — מֵעַי רֻתְּחוּ וְלֹא־דָמּוּ קִדְּמֻנִי יְמֵי־עֹֽנִי׃ — Mine inwards boil, and rest not; days of affliction are come upon me. - [30:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.28/) — קֹדֵר הִלַּכְתִּי בְּלֹא חַמָּה קַמְתִּי בַקָּהָל אֲשַׁוֵּֽעַ׃ — I go mourning without the sun; I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help. - [30:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.29/) — אָח הָיִיתִי לְתַנִּים וְרֵעַ לִבְנוֹת יַעֲנָֽה׃ — I am become a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches. - [30:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.30/) — עוֹרִישָׁחַר מֵעָלָי וְעַצְמִי־חָרָה מִנִּי־חֹֽרֶב׃ — My skin is black, and falleth from me, and my bones are burned with heat. - [30:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.31/) — וַיְהִי לְאֵבֶל כִּנֹּרִי וְעֻגָבִי לְקוֹל בֹּכִֽים׃ — Therefore is my harp turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of them that weep. - ← previous: [Job 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/29/) - next →: [Job 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/31/) - ↑ back to [Job](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/)