Job 30
Overview
30:1 Job's honour is turned into extreme contempt;
30:15 and his prosperity into calamity. Verse 1 they that are Job 19:13-19, 29:8-10; 2 Kings 2:23; Isaiah 3:5 younger than IHeb. of fewer days than Iwhose Psalm 35:15, 35:16, 69:12; Mark 14:65, 15:17-20; Luke 23:14, 23:18, 23:35, 23:39; Acts 17:5; Titus 1:12 Reciprocal Genesis 21:9 - mocking; Judges 11:3 - vain men; Nehemiah 2:19 - they; Job 12:4 - one mocked; 19:9 - stripped; 19:18 - Yea; Psalm 42:4 - When; 59:15 - wander; Lamentations 1:7 - remembered; 3:14 - General; 5:14 - elders; Ezekiel 36:3 - and are; Philemon 1:11 - unprofitable; Habakkuk 2:8 - but Verse 2 Reciprocal Ecclesiastes 12:1 - while; Philemon 1:11 - unprofitable Verse 3 solitaryor, dark as the night, Job 24:13-16 fleeing into 24:5; Habakkuk 3:1 in former timeHeb. yesternightReciprocal Job 15:23 - wandereth; Psalm 109:10 - General; Jeremiah 48:6 - be like; 49:3 - run; Ezekiel 26:20 - in places; Daniel 4:25 - drive; 5:21 - he was driven Verse 4 mallowsThe Hebrew malluach, in Arabic, malluch, and in Syriac mallucho, is probably the Lalima or Lalimos of the Greeks, and halimus of the Romans, which Dioscorides describes as a kind of bramble, without thorns, the leaves of which are boiled and eaten.juniper rootsThe Hebrew rothem, in Arabic, ratim, and in Spanish, retama, most probably signifies the genista or broom, which is very abundant in the deserts of Arabia.for their meat 2 Kings 4:38, 4:39; Amos 7:14; Luke 15:16 Reciprocal Job 15:23 - wandereth Verse 5 driven Genesis 4:12-14; Psalm 109:10; Daniel 4:25, 4:32, 4:33 Reciprocal Exodus 22:2 - breaking; Isaiah 2:10 - Enter Verse 6 dwell Judges 6:2; 1 Samuel 22:1, 22:2; Isaiah 2:19; Revelation 6:15 cavesHeb. holesReciprocal Isaiah 2:10 - Enter; 2:21 - go Verse 7 brayed Job 6:5, 11:12; Genesis 16:12 the nettlesCharul probably denotes some kind of briar or bramble, so Vulgate renders it by spina or sentis, - Proverbs 24:31. Zephaniah 2:9. Celsius and Scheuchzer are inclined to think it the paliurus, a shrub growing sometimes to a considerable height in desert places. "One of the inconveniences of the vegetable thickets of Egypt is," says Denon, "that it is difficult to remain in them, as nine tenths of the trees and plants are armed with inexorable thorns, which suffer only an unquiet enjoyment of the shadow which is so constantly desirable.Reciprocal Matthew 27:44 - General Verse 8 children 2 Kings 8:18, 8:27; 2 Chronicles 22:3; Psalm 49:10-13; Jeremiah 7:18; Mark 6:24 fools Proverbs 1:7, 1:22, 16:22 base menHeb. men of no nameviler Job 40:4; Psalm 15:4; Isaiah 32:6 Reciprocal Judges 9:4 - vain; 1 Samuel 25:21 - Surely; 2 Samuel 6:20 - vain fellows; 2 Kings 2:23 - little children; 2 Chronicles 13:7 - vain men; Psalm 12:8 - men; 69:12 - I was; Nahum 3:6 - make; Matthew 27:30 - General; Mark 15:19 - they smote Verse 9 am I Job 17:6; Psalm 35:15, 35:16, 44:14, 69:12; Lamentations 3:14, 3:63 Reciprocal Judges 16:23 - to rejoice; 16:25 - sport; 2 Kings 2:23 - mocked; Psalm 22:7 - shoot out; 34:19 - Many; Lamentations 3:46 - have; Matthew 26:67 - did; Luke 22:63 - mocked Verse 10 abhor me Job 19:19, 42:6; Psalm 88:8; Zechariah 11:8 flee far Job 19:13, 19:14; Psalm 88:8; Proverbs 19:7; Matthew 26:56 spare not to spit in my faceHeb. withhold not spittle from my face, Numbers 12:14; Deuteronomy 25:9; Isaiah 50:6; Matthew 26:67, 27:30 Reciprocal Judges 16:23 - to rejoice; 16:25 - sport; Proverbs 14:20 - poor; Mark 10:34 - spit; 14:65 - General; John 18:22 - struck Verse 11 loosed Job 12:18, 12:21; 2 Samuel 16:5-8 let loose Psalm 35:21; Matthew 26:67, 26:68, 27:39-44; James 1:26
Verse 12 rise Job 19:18; Isaiah 3:5 they raise up Job 19:12
Verse 13 they set forward Psalm 69:26; Zechariah 1:15
Verse 14 as a wide Job 22:16; Psalm 18:4, 69:14, 69:15; Isaiah 8:7, 8:8 Reciprocal Genesis 43:18 - seek occasion against us; 1 Chronicles 14:11 - like the breaking; Psalm 88:17 - They Verse 15 Terrors Job 6:4, 7:14, 9:27, 9:28, 10:16; Psalm 88:15 soulHeb. principal oneas a cloud Isaiah 44:22; Hosea 6:4, 13:3 Reciprocal Job 35:15 - in great; Psalm 88:17 - They; Nahum 1:8 - darkness Verse 16 my soul Psalm 22:14, 42:4; Isaiah 53:12 have taken hold Psalm 40:12
Verse 17 My bones Job 33:19-21; Psalm 6:2-6, 38:2-8 in the night season Job 7:4; Psalm 22:2; Isaiah 38:13 Reciprocal Job 2:7 - sore boils; 13:28 - And he; Psalm 32:3 - bones; Lamentations 4:8 - visage Verse 18 By the great Job 2:7, 7:5, 19:20; Psalm 38:5; Isaiah 1:5, 1:6 Reciprocal Psalm 38:7 - my loins Verse 19 cast me Job 9:31; Psalm 69:1, 69:2; Jeremiah 38:6 dust Job 2:8, 42:6; Genesis 18:27 Reciprocal Job 7:5 - flesh; 16:15 - defiled my horn; Nahum 3:6 - I will cast Verse 20 I cry Job 19:7, 27:9; Psalm 22:2, 80:4, 80:5; Lamentations 3:8, 3:44; Matthew 15:23 Reciprocal Job 35:13 - regard Verse 21 become cruelHeb. turned to be cruel, Job 7:20, 7:21, 10:14-17, 13:25-28, 16:9-14, 19:6-9; Psalm 77:7-9; Jeremiah 30:14 thy strong handHeb. the strength of thy hand, Job 6:9, 23:6; Psalm 89:13; 1 Peter 5:6 Reciprocal Job 13:24 - holdest me; 33:10 - he counteth; 40:2 - he that reproveth Verse 22 liftest me Job 21:18; Psalm 1:4; Isaiah 17:13; Jeremiah 4:11, 4:12; Ezekiel 5:2; Hosea 4:19, 13:3 to ride Psalm 18:10, 104:3 substanceor, wisdomReciprocal 2 Corinthians 5:1 - dissolved Verse 23 the house Job 14:5, 21:33; Genesis 3:19; 2 Samuel 14:14; Ecclesiastes 8:8, 9:5, 12:5-7; Habakkuk 3:1 Reciprocal Genesis 5:5 - and he died; 23:4 - burying place; 23:19 - General; 47:29 - must die; 49:33 - and yielded; 50:5 - bury me; 50:24 - I die; Joshua 23:14 - I am going; 24:33 - died; 2 Samuel 12:23 - I shall go; 1 Kings 2:2 - I go; Job 3:14 - kings; 3:19 - The small; 14:12 - So man; 17:13 - the grave; 27:19 - shall lie; 34:15 - General; Psalm 49:14 - they; 89:48 - What; Ecclesiastes 6:6 - do; Isaiah 14:18 - house Verse 24 graveHeb. heapthey cry Judges 5:31; Psalm 35:25; Matthew 27:39-44 Reciprocal Ecclesiastes 3:20 - go Verse 25 Did not I Psalm 35:13, 35:14; Jeremiah 13:17, 18:20; Luke 19:41; John 11:35; Romans 12:15 in troubleHeb. hard of daywas Job 31:16-21; Psalm 12:1; Proverbs 14:21, 14:31, 17:5, 19:17, 28:8; Isaiah 58:7, 58:8; Daniel 4:27; 2 Corinthians 9:9
Verse 26 When I looked Job 3:25, 3:26, 29:18; Jeremiah 8:15, 14:19, 15:18; Micah 1:12 light Job 18:6, 18:18, 23:17; Psalm 97:11; Isaiah 50:10 Reciprocal Job 3:9 - look for light; Psalm 30:7 - thou; 42:9 - why go; Isaiah 59:9 - we wait; Lamentations 3:2 - brought Verse 27 Psalm 22:4; Jeremiah 4:19, 31:20; Lamentations 1:20, 2:11
Verse 28 Psalm 38:6, 42:9, 43:2; Isaiah 53:3, 53:4; Lamentations 3:1-3 Reciprocal Psalm 38:8 - roared; Isaiah 59:11 - mourn Verse 29 a brother Job 17:14; Psalm 102:6; Isaiah 13:21, 13:22, 38:14; Micah 1:8; Malachi 1:3 owlsor, ostriches, Benoth yaanah, in Arabic, bintu naamatin, not owls, but ostriches, so called from their doleful and hideous noises. "I have often," says Dr. Shaw, "heard them groan as if they were in the greatest agonies.Reciprocal Deuteronomy 14:15 - General; Job 13:28 - And he; 39:13 - wings and feathers unto the; Proverbs 18:9 - is brother; Isaiah 59:11 - mourn Verse 30 my skin Psalm 119:83; Lamentations 3:4, 4:8, 5:10 my bones Psalm 102:3 Reciprocal Job 2:7 - sore boils; 13:28 - And he; 19:20 - bone; Psalm 32:3 - bones; 32:4 - moisture; 39:11 - his beauty; 102:6 - like; Song of Songs 1:6 - because; Lamentations 1:13 - above Verse 31 Psalm 137:1-4; Ecclesiastes 3:4; Isaiah 21:4, 22:12, 24:7-9; Lamentations 5:15; Daniel 6:18 Reciprocal Psalm 150:4 - organs; Lamentations 5:14 - the young; James 4:9 - let