Job 30:28
26 But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
27 I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.
I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
29 I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.
30 My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
- KJV
- I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
- WEB
- I go mourning without the sun. I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
- ASV
- I go mourning without the sun: I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
- DARBY
- I go about blackened, but not by the sun; I stand up, I cry in the congregation.
- BLB
- I go about darkened, not by the sun; I rise up in the assembly [and] cry out.
- ÅB
- Sort går jeg omkring, men ikke av solens hete; midt iblant folk reiser jeg meg og roper om hjelp.
- OTB
- Jeg vandrer omkring i sorg uten trøst;
jeg står opp i forsamlingen og ber om hjelp. - B1930
- Sort går jeg omkring, men ikke av solens hete; midt iblandt folk reiser jeg mig og roper om hjelp.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 42:9
I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”
Read in contextPsalms 43:2
For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?
Read in contextPsalms 38:6
I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
Read in contextJob 19:7
Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
Read in contextLamentations 3:1–3
I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.
Read in contextIsaiah 53:3–4
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
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