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Themes in Job 30

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Themes in Job 30

Job 30:1 (show verse)

But now they mock me,
men younger than I am,
whose fathers I would have refused to put
with my sheep dogs.

Dog » Shepherd dogs
Dogs » When domesticated » Employed in watching flocks
Job » Loss of friends
Mocking » The tormentors of job mock
Old age » Disrespect for pleasure-seeking » Prodigality
Persecution » Instances of » Of job
Scoffing » Instances of » Enemies of job
Scorning and mocking » Exemplified » Enemies of job
Sheep » Flocks of » Guarded by dogs
Shepherd » Dogs of
sins of Youth » Special temptations of pleasure-seeking » Prodigality

Job 30:2 (show verse)

What use to me was the strength of their hands?
Their vigor had left them.

Job » Loss of friends
Persecution » Instances of » Of job

Job 30:3 (show verse)

Emaciated from poverty and hunger,
they gnawed the dry land,
the desolate wasteland by night.

Job » Loss of friends
Persecution » Instances of » Of job
Rocks » Used as » Places for shelter by the poor in their distress

Job 30:4 (show verse)

They plucked mallow

among the shrubs,

and the roots of the broom tree were their food.

Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Mallows
Job » Loss of friends
Juniper » A tree
Mallows » A plant
Persecution » Instances of » Of job

Job 30:5 (show verse)

They were expelled from human society;
people shouted at them as if they were thieves.

Job » Loss of friends
Persecution » Instances of » Of job

Job 30:6 (show verse)

They are living on the slopes of the wadis,
among the rocks and in holes in the ground.

Job » Loss of friends
Persecution » Instances of » Of job
Rocks » Used as » Places for shelter by the poor in their distress
Valleys » Abounded with » Rocks and caves

Job 30:7 (show verse)

They bray among the shrubs;
they huddle beneath the thistles.

Job » Loss of friends
Nettles » Figurative
Persecution » Instances of » Of job

Job 30:8 (show verse)

Foolish men, without even a name.
They were forced to leave the land.

Job » Loss of friends
Persecution » Instances of » Of job
Titles and names of the wicked » Children of base men
Titles and names of the wicked » Children of fools

Job 30:9 (show verse)

Now I am mocked by their songs;
I have become an object of scorn to them.

Job » Loss of friends
Persecution » Instances of » Of job
Scoffing » Instances of » Enemies of job
Scorning and mocking » Exemplified » Enemies of job

Job 30:10 (show verse)

They despise me and keep their distance from me;
they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

Job » Loss of friends
Persecution » Instances of » Of job
Spitting » In the face, as an indignity

Job 30:11 (show verse)

Because God has loosened my bowstring and oppressed me,
they have cast off restraint in my presence.

No Themes for this verse.

Job 30:12 (show verse)

The rabble rise up at my right;
they trap my feet
and construct their siege ramp against me.

Children » Examples of helpful » Vices of
Home » Examples of helpful » Vices of
Vices » Dishonesty » Of children

Job 30:13 (show verse)

They tear up my path;
they contribute to my destruction,
without anyone to help them.

No Themes for this verse.

Job 30:14 (show verse)

They advance as through a gaping breach;
they keep rolling in through the ruins.

No Themes for this verse.

Job 30:15 (show verse)

Terrors are turned loose against me;
they chase my dignity away like the wind,
and my prosperity has passed by like a cloud.

Wind » Illustrative » Of terrors which pursue the soul

Job 30:16 (show verse)

Now my life is poured out before my eyes,
and days of suffering have seized me.

No Themes for this verse.

Job 30:17 (show verse)

Night pierces my bones,
but my gnawing pains never rest.

Distress » Trouble, borrowing » Pain
Insomnia » Sickness
Sleeplessness » Common causes of loss of sleep » Sickness

Job 30:18 (show verse)

My clothing is distorted with great force;
He chokes me by the neck of my garment.

No Themes for this verse.

Job 30:19 (show verse)

He throws me into the mud,
and I have become like dust and ashes.

No Themes for this verse.

Job 30:20 (show verse)

I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me;
when I stand up, You merely look at me.

Prayer » Answer to, withheld » Of job

Job 30:21 (show verse)

You have turned against me with cruelty;
You harass me with Your strong hand.

No Themes for this verse.

Job 30:22 (show verse)

You lift me up on the wind and make me ride it;
You scatter me in the storm.

No Themes for this verse.

Job 30:23 (show verse)

Yes, I know that You will lead me to death—
the place appointed for all who live.

death » Universality of
death » Great reaper » All journey to his narrow house
Dying » Universality of
Man » Mortality of » Universality of
Universal » Blessing, possible » death

Job 30:24 (show verse)

Yet no one would stretch out his hand
against a ruined man
when he cries out to him for help
because of his distress.

No Themes for this verse.

Job 30:25 (show verse)

Have I not wept for those who have fallen on hard times?
Has my soul not grieved for the needy?

Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Job
Social duties » Sympathy the marks of true » Human, examples of
Sympathy » The marks of true » Examples of

Job 30:26 (show verse)

But when I hoped for good, evil came;
when I looked for light, darkness came.

No Themes for this verse.

Job 30:27 (show verse)

I am churning within and cannot rest;
days of suffering confront me.

Bowels » Figurative » Of the sensibilities

Job 30:28 (show verse)

I walk about blackened, but not by the sun.
I stood in the assembly and cried out for help.

The sun » The rays of » Pleasant to man

Job 30:29 (show verse)

I have become a brother to jackals
and a companion of ostriches.

Birds » Unclean » Owl
the Dragon » Described as » Of solitary habits
Ostriches » Illustrative » (companionship with,) of extreme desolation
Ostriches » In av the word "owl" occurs, but in the rv, it is the word "ostrich,"
Owl » In rv ostrich is substituted
Reptiles » Mentioned in scripture » Dragon

Job 30:30 (show verse)

My skin blackens and flakes off,
and my bones burn with fever.

Blackness » Figurative
Diseases » Disease, different forms of » Fever

Job 30:31 (show verse)

My lyre is used for mourning
and my flute for the sound of weeping.

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Chosen Instruments » Names of » Organs
Harp » In mourning
Music » Names of » Organs
Music » Instruments of » Organ, probably composed of pipes furnishing a number of notes
Musical instruments » Names of » Organs
Tears » Of solicitude over sinners » Of disappointment and grief