Job 30
Overview
30:1 Job's honour is turned into extreme contempt;
30:15 and his prosperity into calamity. Verse 1they that areJob 19:13-19, 29:8-10; 2 Kings 2:23; Isaiah 3:5 younger than IHeb. of fewer days than IwhosePsalm 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 1:12ReciprocalGenesis 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 2ReciprocalEcclesiastes 12:1 - while; Philemon 1:11 - unprofitable Verse 3solitaryor, dark as the night, Job 24:13-16 fleeing into24:5; Habakkuk 3:1 in former timeHeb. yesternightReciprocalJob 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 4mallowsThe 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 meat2 Kings 4:38, 4:39; Amos 7:14; Luke 15:16ReciprocalJob 15:23 - wandereth Verse 5drivenGenesis 4:12-14; Psalm 109:10; Daniel 4:25, 4:32, 4:33ReciprocalExodus 22:2 - breaking; Isaiah 2:10 - Enter Verse 6dwellJudges 6:2; 1 Samuel 22:1, 22:2; Isaiah 2:19; Revelation 6:15 cavesHeb. holesReciprocalIsaiah 2:10 - Enter; 2:21 - go Verse 7brayedJob 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.ReciprocalMatthew 27:44 - General Verse 8children2 Kings 8:18, 8:27; 2 Chronicles 22:3; Psalm 49:10-13; Jeremiah 7:18; Mark 6:24 foolsProverbs 1:7, 1:22, 16:22 base menHeb. men of no namevilerJob 40:4; Psalm 15:4; Isaiah 32:6ReciprocalJudges 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 9am IJob 17:6; Psalm 35:15, 35:16, 44:14, 69:12; Lamentations 3:14, 3:63ReciprocalJudges 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 10abhor meJob 19:19, 42:6; Psalm 88:8; Zechariah 11:8 flee farJob 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, 27:30ReciprocalJudges 16:23 - to rejoice; 16:25 - sport; Proverbs 14:20 - poor; Mark 10:34 - spit; 14:65 - General; John 18:22 - struck Verse 11loosedJob 12:18, 12:21; 2 Samuel 16:5-8 let loosePsalm 35:21; Matthew 26:67, 26:68, 27:39-44; James 1:26

Verse 12riseJob 19:18; Isaiah 3:5 they raise upJob 19:12

Verse 13they set forwardPsalm 69:26; Zechariah 1:15

Verse 14as a wideJob 22:16; Psalm 18:4, 69:14, 69:15; Isaiah 8:7, 8:8ReciprocalGenesis 43:18 - seek occasion against us; 1 Chronicles 14:11 - like the breaking; Psalm 88:17 - They Verse 15TerrorsJob 6:4, 7:14, 9:27, 9:28, 10:16; Psalm 88:15 soulHeb. principal oneas a cloudIsaiah 44:22; Hosea 6:4, 13:3ReciprocalJob 35:15 - in great; Psalm 88:17 - They; Nahum 1:8 - darkness Verse 16my soulPsalm 22:14, 42:4; Isaiah 53:12 have taken holdPsalm 40:12

Verse 17My bonesJob 33:19-21; Psalm 6:2-6, 38:2-8 in the night seasonJob 7:4; Psalm 22:2; Isaiah 38:13ReciprocalJob 2:7 - sore boils; 13:28 - And he; Psalm 32:3 - bones; Lamentations 4:8 - visage Verse 18By the greatJob 2:7, 7:5, 19:20; Psalm 38:5; Isaiah 1:5, 1:6ReciprocalPsalm 38:7 - my loins Verse 19cast meJob 9:31; Psalm 69:1, 69:2; Jeremiah 38:6 dustJob 2:8, 42:6; Genesis 18:27ReciprocalJob 7:5 - flesh; 16:15 - defiled my horn; Nahum 3:6 - I will cast Verse 20I cryJob 19:7, 27:9; Psalm 22:2, 80:4, 80:5; Lamentations 3:8, 3:44; Matthew 15:23ReciprocalJob 35:13 - regard Verse 21become 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 5:6ReciprocalJob 13:24 - holdest me; 33:10 - he counteth; 40:2 - he that reproveth Verse 22liftest meJob 21:18; Psalm 1:4; Isaiah 17:13; Jeremiah 4:11, 4:12; Ezekiel 5:2; Hosea 4:19, 13:3 to ridePsalm 18:10, 104:3 substanceor, wisdomReciprocal2 Corinthians 5:1 - dissolved Verse 23the houseJob 14:5, 21:33; Genesis 3:19; 2 Samuel 14:14; Ecclesiastes 8:8, 9:5, 12:5-7; Habakkuk 3:1ReciprocalGenesis 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 24graveHeb. heapthey cryJudges 5:31; Psalm 35:25; Matthew 27:39-44ReciprocalEcclesiastes 3:20 - go Verse 25Did not IPsalm 35:13, 35:14; Jeremiah 13:17, 18:20; Luke 19:41; John 11:35; Romans 12:15 in troubleHeb. hard of daywasJob 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 26When I lookedJob 3:25, 3:26, 29:18; Jeremiah 8:15, 14:19, 15:18; Micah 1:12 lightJob 18:6, 18:18, 23:17; Psalm 97:11; Isaiah 50:10ReciprocalJob 3:9 - look for light; Psalm 30:7 - thou; 42:9 - why go; Isaiah 59:9 - we wait; Lamentations 3:2 - brought Verse 27Psalm 22:4; Jeremiah 4:19, 31:20; Lamentations 1:20, 2:11

Verse 28Psalm 38:6, 42:9, 43:2; Isaiah 53:3, 53:4; Lamentations 3:1-3ReciprocalPsalm 38:8 - roared; Isaiah 59:11 - mourn Verse 29a brotherJob 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.ReciprocalDeuteronomy 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 30my skinPsalm 119:83; Lamentations 3:4, 4:8, 5:10 my bonesPsalm 102:3ReciprocalJob 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 31Psalm 137:1-4; Ecclesiastes 3:4; Isaiah 21:4, 22:12, 24:7-9; Lamentations 5:15; Daniel 6:18ReciprocalPsalm 150:4 - organs; Lamentations 5:14 - the young; James 4:9 - let