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Job 30
Septuagint (Brenton, 1851) 30 compared with Septuagint (LXX2012) 30
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13My paths are ruined; for they have stripped off my raiment: he has shot at me with his weapons.
13My paths are ruined; for they have stripped off my raiment: he has shot at me with his weapons.
14And he has pleaded against me as he will: I am overwhelmed with pains.
14And he has pleaded against me as he will: I am overwhelmed with pains.
15My pains return upon [me]; my hope is gone like the wind, and my safety as a cloud.
15My pains return upon [me]; my hope is gone like the wind, and my safety as a cloud.
16Even now my life shall be poured forth upon me; and days of anguish seize me.
16Even now my life shall be poured forth upon me; and days of anguish seize me.
17And by night my bones are confounded; and my sinews are relaxed.
17And by night my bones are confounded; and my sinews are relaxed.
18With great force [my disease] has taken hold of my garment: it has compassed me as the collar of my coat.
18With great force [my disease] has taken hold of my garment: it has compassed me as the collar of my coat.
19And thou hast counted me as clay; my portion is in dust and ashes.
19And you have counted me as clay; my portion in dust and ashes.
20And I have cried to thee, but thou hearest me not: but they stood still, and observed me.
20And I have cried to you, but you hear me not: but they stood still, and observed me.
21They attacked me also without mercy: thou hast scourged me with a strong hand.
21They attacked me also without mercy: you have scourged me with a strong hand.
22And thou hast put me to grief, and hast cast me away from safety.
22And you have put me to grief, and have cast me away from safety.
23For I know that death will destroy me: for the earth is the house [appointed] for every mortal.
23For I know that death will destroy me: for the earth is the house [appointed] for every mortal.
24Oh then that I might lay hands upon myself, or at least ask another, and he should do this for me.
24Oh then that I might lay hands upon myself, or at least ask another, and he should do this for me.
25Yet I wept over every helpless man; I groaned when I saw a man in distress.
25Yet I wept over every helpless man; I groaned when I saw a man in distress.
26But I, when I waited for good things, behold, days of evils came the more upon me.
26But I, when I waited for good things, behold, days of evils came the more upon me.
27My belly boiled, and would not cease: the days of poverty prevented me.
27My belly boiled, and would not cease: the days of poverty prevented me.
28I went mourning without restraint: and I have stood and cried out in the assembly.
28I went mourning without restraint: and I have stood and cried out in the assembly.
29I am become a brother of monsters, and a companion of ostriches.
29I am become a brother of monsters, and a companion of ostriches.
30And my skin has been greatly blackened, and my bones are burned with heat.
30And my skin has been greatly blackened, and my bones are burned with heat.
31My harp also has been turned into mourning, and my song into my weeping.
31My harp also has been turned into mourning, and my song into my weeping.