{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/job/30","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T09:45:46.225Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":30,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":29,"nextChapter":31,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":31},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"But 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."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Yes, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"They were children of fools, yes, children of base men: they were viler than the earth."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And now am I their song, yes, I am their byword."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Because he has loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"On my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"They came on me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves on me."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Terrors are turned on me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passes away as a cloud."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And now my soul is poured out on me; the days of affliction have taken hold on me."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it binds me about as the collar of my coat."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"He has cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"I cry to you, and you do not hear me: I stand up, and you regard me not."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"You are become cruel to me: with your strong hand you oppose yourself against me."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"You lift me up to the wind; you cause me to ride on it, and dissolve my substance."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"For I know that you will bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"However, he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"When I looked for good, then evil came to me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"My skin is black on me, and my bones are burned with heat."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 30 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Job 30](https://primebible.com/akjv/job/30)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/job/30 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}