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Job 30

Job 30:28

Job’s Prosperity Becomes Calamity · Job 30:15–31
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Translations

Modern
I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
Traditional
I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
Literal
I go about darkened, not by the sun; I rise up in the assembly and cry out.
Latin
Mœrens incedebam sine furore; consurgens, in turba clamabam.

Original

Hebrew
English
I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.

Notes

Job 30:28

Before his testing began, people respected Job in the public square (29:7–10, 21–25). He helped those in need (29:11–17).

Job 29:1–31:40

Job compares his past happiness, honor, and wealth with his current loss of social dignity and divine friendship (chapters 29 and 30). He ends his speech with broad vows of innocence (chapter 31).

Events

Glossary

Black Book of Job God, Names of

Topics

The Sun: The Rays of Pleasant to Man