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Job Chapter 30 KJV
King James Version, Holy Bible
1But 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.
2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?
3 For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
5 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)
6 To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.
Job Chapter 30 (Old Testament)
7 Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.
8 They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
9 And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
11 Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
12 Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
Job Chapter 30 (Old Testament)
13 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
14 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.
15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
18 By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
21 Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.
23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
24 Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
26 When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
27 My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
28 I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
29 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
30 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
31 My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
JOB Chapter 30: God Never Abandons The Righteous.
Memory verse: Job 30:20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
Job 30 is a chapter in which Job describes his current state of suffering and how he feels abandoned by God. Despite all the wealth, honor and health he once possessed, he now finds himself in a state of physical and emotional agony. In the midst of his pain, Job cries out to God, but he feels as though God has turned His back on him.
This chapter reminds us that even the most faithful and righteous people can go through difficult times. We may not always understand why we are going through suffering or trials, but we can trust in God's faithfulness and goodness. It's important to remember that God sees our pain and hears our cries, even if we feel as though He is distant.
Job expresses his feelings of desperation and hopelessness in our memory verse. However, Job's faith in God remains strong. In Job 30:26, he declares, "Yet when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, then came darkness." Even though Job's circumstances are grim, he holds on to hope and continues to trust in God's goodness.
As Christians, we may also find ourselves in difficult situations where we feel as though God is distant but let us find our solidity in His words because he has promised not to leave nor forsake us.
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