Job 30:2 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Of what use to me was the strength of their hands? Their strength is gone.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?

ASV:

Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? Men in whom ripe age is perished.

BBE:

Of what use is the strength of their hands to me? all force is gone from them.

DBY:

Yea, whereto should the strength of their hands profit me, men in whom vigour hath perished?

ERV:

Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? men in whom ripe age is perished.

JPS:

Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? men in whom ripe age is perished.

WBS:

Yes, to what might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age had perished?

WEB:

Of what use is the strength of their hands to me, men in whom ripe age has perished?

YLT:

Also -- the power of their hands, why is it to me? On them hath old age perished.

Job 30:2 Cross References

XREF:

Job 30:1 "But now those younger than I mock me, Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.

Job 30:3 "From want and famine they are gaunt Who gnaw the dry ground by night in waste and desolation, (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

30:2 Yea, whereto [might] the strength of their hands [profit] me, in whom old age was {c} perished?
(c) That is, their fathers died of hunger before they came to age.

MHC:

30:1-14 Job contrasts his present condition with his former honour and authority. What little cause have men to be ambitious or proud of that which may be so easily lost, and what little confidence is to be put in it! We should not be cast down if we are despised, reviled, and hated by wicked men. We should look to Jesus, who endured the contradiction of sinners.

CONC:

Age Force Gain Hands Indeed Perished Power Profit Ripe Strength Vigor Vigour Whereto Yea Yes

Age Force Gain Good Hands Indeed Perished Power Profit Ripe Strength Use Vigor Vigour Whereto

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