## Job Chapter 30

###### Job 30:1
[Job 30:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/30:1)

וְעַתָּ֤ה**׀** שָׂ֥חֲק֣וּ עָלַי֮ צְעִירִ֥ים מִמֶּ֗נִּי לְיָ֫מִ֥ים אֲשֶׁר־מָאַ֥סְתִּי אֲבוֹתָ֑ם לָ֝שִׁ֗ית עִם־כַּלְבֵ֥י צֹאנִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And now I am laughed at by those younger than I in days, whose fathers I would despise to place among the sheep dogs of my flock.


###### Job 30:2
[Job 30:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/30:2)

גַּם־כֹּ֣חַ יְ֭דֵיהֶם לָ֣מָּה לִּ֑י עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ אָ֣בַד כָּֽלַח׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Indeed what could I gain from the strength of their hands, in whom the stock has perished?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Of what avail to me, too, was the strength of their hands? [(They were wicked and everything they did miscarried.)] Old age was lost upon them.


###### Job 30:3
[Job 30:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/30:3)

בְּחֶ֥סֶר וּבְכָפָ֗ן גַּ֫לְמ֥וּד הַעֹרְקִ֥ים צִיָּ֑ה אֶ֝֗מֶשׁ שׁוֹאָ֥ה וּמְשֹׁאָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For want and famine they are solitary; they flee into the wilderness, into a gloomy waste and desolation.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
In want and hunger they sat solitary. They were driven to the wasteland, [to] night, darkness, and desolation.


###### Job 30:4
[Job 30:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/30:4)

הַקֹּטְפִ֣ים מַלּ֣וּחַ עֲלֵי־שִׂ֑יחַ וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ רְתָמִ֣ים לַחְמָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They cut up mallows by the bushes, and roots of broom for warmth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They picked salted grass. The leaves of trees and the root of the broom plant was their bread.


###### Job 30:5
[Job 30:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/30:5)

מִן־גֵּ֥ו יְגֹרָ֑שׁוּ יָרִ֥יעוּ עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ כַּגַּנָּֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They are driven forth from among men, (they cry after them as after a thief;)

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They were driven from the midst [of the city] — They were shouted at like thieves —


###### Job 30:6
[Job 30:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/30:6)

בַּעֲר֣וּץ נְחָלִ֣ים לִשְׁכֹּ֑ן חֹרֵ֖י עָפָ֣ר וְכֵפִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
to dwell in the clefts of the wadis, in holes of the earth, and in the rocks.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
to dwell in the rifts of the valleys, in the clefts of the earth and the rocks.


###### Job 30:7
[Job 30:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/30:7)

בֵּין־שִׂיחִ֥ים יִנְהָ֑קוּ תַּ֖חַת חָר֣וּל יְסֻפָּֽחוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Among the bushes they bray; under the nettles they huddle together.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They brayed among the trees; they gathered under the thorns.


###### Job 30:8
[Job 30:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/30:8)

בְּֽנֵי־נָ֭בָל גַּם־בְּנֵ֣י בְלִי־שֵׁ֑ם נִ֝כְּא֗וּ מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They are children of churls, yea, children of base men: they are whipped out of the land.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The sons of the despised, the sons of the nameless, the broken from the earth [(whom I scorned)] —


###### Job 30:9
[Job 30:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/30:9)

וְ֭עַתָּה נְגִינָתָ֣ם הָיִ֑יתִי וָאֱהִ֖י לָהֶ֣ם לְמִלָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And now I am their song, yea, I am their byword.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And now I have become their song; I have become a byword to them.


###### Job 30:10
[Job 30:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/30:10)

תִּ֭עֲבוּנִי רָ֣חֲקוּ מֶ֑נִּי וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י לֹא־חָ֥שְׂכוּ רֹֽק׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They have despised me. They have removed themselves from me, and they have not spared spittle from my face.


###### Job 30:11
[Job 30:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/30:11)

כִּֽי־[יִתְרִ֣י] (יתרו) פִ֭תַּח וַיְעַנֵּ֑נִי וְ֝רֶ֗סֶן מִפָּנַ֥י שִׁלֵּֽחוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Because he has loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also cast off restraint before me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They have undone my bow-string [i.e., my strength] and oppressed me. They have cast away the reins [(by which they were tethered)] from me.


###### Job 30:12
[Job 30:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/30:12)

עַל־יָמִין֮ פִּרְחַ֢ח יָ֫ק֥וּמוּ רַגְלַ֥י שִׁלֵּ֑חוּ וַיָּסֹ֥לּוּ עָ֝לַ֗י אׇרְח֥וֹת אֵידָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Upon my right hand rise the youthful rabble; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The young rabble stand on my right hand. They shove my feet aside [(to make place for themselves)].


###### Job 30:13
[Job 30:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/30:13)

נָֽתְס֗וּ נְֽתִיבָ֫תִ֥י לְהַוָּתִ֥י יֹעִ֑ילוּ לֹ֖א עֹזֵ֣ר לָֽמוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They mar my path, they further my calamity; they have no need for help.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They have ravaged my path [(of good)]. To taunt me causelessly was their joy.


###### Job 30:14
[Job 30:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/30:14)

כְּפֶ֣רֶץ רָחָ֣ב יֶאֱתָ֑יוּ תַּ֥חַת שֹׁ֝אָ֗ה הִתְגַּלְגָּֽלוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They come upon me as through a wide breach: amid the crash they roll on.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
As through a wide breach they have come [(to shame me)]. Under [cover of] darkness they have emerged [against me].


###### Job 30:15
[Job 30:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/30:15)

הׇהְפַּ֥ךְ עָלַ֗י בַּלָּ֫ה֥וֹת תִּרְדֹּ֣ף כָּ֭רוּחַ נְדִבָתִ֑י וּ֝כְעָ֗ב עָבְרָ֥ה יְשֻׁעָתִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Terrors are turned upon me: my dignity is pursued as by the wind: and my welfare passes away as a cloud.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Terrors [(demons)] have turned upon me. They pursue my repose like evil spirits and my salvation passes like a cloud.


###### Job 30:16
[Job 30:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/30:16)

וְעַתָּ֗ה עָ֭לַי תִּשְׁתַּפֵּ֣ךְ נַפְשִׁ֑י יֹ֖אחֲז֣וּנִי יְמֵי־עֹֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold of me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And now [(in my affliction)] my soul spills out upon me. Days of affliction have gripped me.


###### Job 30:17
[Job 30:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/30:17)

לַ֗יְלָה עֲ֭צָמַי נִקַּ֣ר מֵעָלָ֑י וְ֝עֹרְקַ֗י לֹ֣א יִשְׁכָּבֽוּן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
At night my bones are picked off me and my veins have no rest.


###### Job 30:18
[Job 30:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/30:18)

בְּרׇב־כֹּ֭חַ יִתְחַפֵּ֣שׂ לְבוּשִׁ֑י כְּפִ֖י כֻתׇּנְתִּ֣י יַאַזְרֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
By the great force of my disease is my skin changed: it binds me about as the collar of my coat.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
In the intensity [of my illness] my "clothing" [i.e., my encrustation] renews itself. As my collar girds [my neck], so does it [my encrustation] gird me.


###### Job 30:19
[Job 30:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/30:19)

הֹרָ֥נִי לַחֹ֑מֶר וָ֝אֶתְמַשֵּׁ֗ל כֶּעָפָ֥ר וָאֵֽפֶר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He has cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
It [(my affliction)] has taught me to [take refuge in] the mud [viz. 2:8]. I have become like dust and ashes.


###### Job 30:20
[Job 30:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/30:20)

אֲשַׁוַּ֣ע אֵ֭לֶיךָ וְלֹ֣א תַעֲנֵ֑נִי עָ֝מַ֗דְתִּי וַתִּתְבֹּ֥נֶן בִּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I cry to Thee, and Thou dost not answer me: I stand up, dost Thou then regard me?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
When I scream to You, You do not answer me. When I stand [in silence] You study me [(to renew my afflictions)].


###### Job 30:21
[Job 30:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/30:21)

תֵּהָפֵ֣ךְ לְאַכְזָ֣ר לִ֑י בְּעֹ֖צֶם יָדְךָ֣ תִשְׂטְמֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou art become cruel to me: with Thy strong hand Thou opposest Thyself against me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You have turned cruel against me. With the might of Your hand You have brandished hatred against me.


###### Job 30:22
[Job 30:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/30:22)

תִּשָּׂאֵ֣נִי אֶל־ר֭וּחַ תַּרְכִּיבֵ֑נִי וּ֝תְמֹגְגֵ֗נִי (תשוה) [תּוּשִׁיָּֽה]׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou liftest me up to the wind; Thou causest me to ride upon it, and the roar of the storm dissolves me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You have born me aloft to the wind [i.e., to demons]. Weakness overwhelms me and melts me.


###### Job 30:23
[Job 30:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/30:23)

כִּֽי־יָ֭דַעְתִּי מָ֣וֶת תְּשִׁיבֵ֑נִי וּבֵ֖ית מוֹעֵ֣ד לְכׇל־חָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For I know that Thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For I knew that You would return me unto death, [(to the grave)] the destined abode of all the living.


###### Job 30:24
[Job 30:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/30:24)

אַ֣ךְ לֹֽא־בְ֭עִי יִשְׁלַח־יָ֑ד אִם־בְּ֝פִיד֗וֹ לָהֶ֥ן שֽׁוּעַ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand? and in his disaster cry for help?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But not in destruction [(unrelieved by consolation)] would He [i.e., was it His wont] to send forth [His] hand. If He broke, He would [also] salve.


###### Job 30:25
[Job 30:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/30:25)

אִם־לֹ֣א בָ֭כִיתִי לִקְשֵׁה־י֑וֹם עָֽגְמָ֥ה נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Did I not cry for him of the luckless day? Did my soul [not] despond over the poor


###### Job 30:26
[Job 30:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/30:26)

כִּ֤י ט֣וֹב קִ֭וִּיתִי וַיָּ֣בֹא רָ֑ע וַאֲיַחֲלָ֥ה לְ֝א֗וֹר וַיָּ֥בֹא אֹֽפֶל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But when I looked for good, then evil came: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
that I should hope for good and be met with evil? [that I should hope] for light and be met with darkness?


###### Job 30:27
[Job 30:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/30:27)

מֵעַ֖י רֻתְּח֥וּ וְלֹא־דָ֗מּוּ קִדְּמֻ֥נִי יְמֵי־עֹֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My bowels are in turmoil, and they do not rest: days of affliction have came upon me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My innards boil and cannot be stilled. Days of affliction have accosted me.


###### Job 30:28
[Job 30:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/30:28)

קֹדֵ֣ר הִ֭לַּכְתִּי בְּלֹ֣א חַמָּ֑ה קַ֖מְתִּי בַקָּהָ֣ל אֲשַׁוֵּֽעַ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I go mourning without the sun: I stand up, and I cry in the congregation.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I have gone about blackened, but not with the sun. I have risen in the crowd and screamed.


###### Job 30:29
[Job 30:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/30:29)

אָ֭ח הָיִ֣יתִי לְתַנִּ֑ים וְ֝רֵ֗עַ לִבְנ֥וֹת יַעֲנָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to owls.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I have been a brother [(in wailing)] to jackals and a companion to ostriches.


###### Job 30:30
[Job 30:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/30:30)

ע֭וֹרִי שָׁחַ֣ר מֵעָלָ֑י וְעַצְמִי־חָ֝֗רָה מִנִּי־חֹֽרֶב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My skin hangs down black from me, and my bones are burned with heat.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My skin has charred off me, and my bones are dried with parching.


###### Job 30:31
[Job 30:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/30:31)

וַיְהִ֣י לְ֭אֵבֶל כִּנֹּרִ֑י וְ֝עֻגָבִ֗י לְק֣וֹל בֹּכִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore my lyre is turned to mourning, and my pipe to the voice of those who weep.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My lyre is turned to lamentation and my pipe to the voice of mourners.