“But now they mock me— those younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs.
Job 30:2 - Tree of Life Version Moreover, what use was the strength of their hands to me, since their vigor has gone from them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, In whom old age was perished? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yes, how could the strength of their hands profit me? They were men whose ripe age and vigor had perished. American Standard Version (1901) Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? Men in whom ripe age is perished. Common English Bible Their strength, what’s it to me, their energy having perished? Catholic Public Domain Version the strength of whose hands was nothing to me, and they were considered unworthy of life itself. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The strength of whose hands was to me as nothing: and they were thought unworthy of life itself. |
“But now they mock me— those younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs.
Haggard from want and hunger, they gnaw the parched land, in former time desolate and waste.
So remember your Creator in the days of your youth: before the days of misery come, and years draw near when you will say: “I have no pleasure in them”—