| 1 | "But now those who are younger than I, have me in derision, Whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs. | Jb 19:13-19 Jb 29:8-10 2Ki 2:23 Isa 3:5 |
| 2 | Of what use is the strength of their hands to me, Men in whom ripe age has perished? |
| 3 | They are gaunt from lack and famine. They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of waste and desolation. | Jb 24:13-16 |
| 4 | They pluck salt herbs by the bushes. The roots of the broom are their food. | 2Ki 4:38 2Ki 4:39 Am 7:14 Lk 15:16 |
| 5 | They are driven forth from the midst of men; They cry after them as after a thief; | Gn 4:12-14 Ps 109:10 Dn 4:25 Dn 4:32 Dn 4:33 |
| 6 | So that they dwell in frightful valleys, And in holes of the earth and of the rocks. | Jg 6:2 1Sa 22:1 1Sa 22:2 Isa 2:19 Rev 6:15 |
| 7 | Among the bushes they bray; And under the nettles they are gathered together. | Jb 6:5 Jb 11:12 Gn 16:12 |
| 8 | They are children of fools, yes, children of base men. They were flogged out of the land. | 2Ki 8:18 2Ki 8:27 2Ch 22:3 Ps 49:10-13 Jer 7:18 Mk 6:24 |
| 9 | "Now I have become their song. Yes, I am a byword to them. | Jb 17:6 Ps 35:15 Ps 35:16 Ps 44:14 Ps 69:12 Lam 3:14 Lam 3:63 |
| 10 | They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, And don`t hesitate to spit in my face. | Jb 19:19 Jb 42:6 Ps 88:8 Zc 11:8 |
| 11 | For he has loosed his cord, and afflicted me; And they have thrown off restraint before me. | Jb 12:18 Jb 12:21 2Sa 16:5-8 |
| 12 | On my right hand rise the rabble. They thrust aside my feet, They cast up against me their ways of destruction. | Jb 19:18 Isa 3:5 |
| 13 | They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, Without anyone`s help. | Ps 69:26 Zc 1:15 |
| 14 | As through a wide breach they come, In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves in. | Jb 22:16 Ps 18:4 Ps 69:14 Ps 69:15 Isa 8:7 Isa 8:8 |
| 15 | Terrors are turned on me. They chase my honor as the wind. My welfare has passed away as a cloud. | Jb 6:4 Jb 7:14 Jb 9:27 Jb 9:28 Jb 10:16 Ps 88:15 |
| 16 | "Now my soul is poured out within me. Days of affliction have taken hold on me. | Ps 22:14 Ps 42:4 Isa 53:12 |
| 17 | In the night season my bones are pierced in me, And the pains that gnaw me take no rest. | Jb 33:19-21 Ps 6:2-6 Ps 38:2-8 |
| 18 | By great force is my garment disfigured. It binds me about as the collar of my coat. | Jb 2:7 Jb 7:5 Jb 19:20 Ps 38:5 Isa 1:5 Isa 1:6 |
| 19 | He has cast me into the mire. I have become like dust and ashes. | Jb 9:31 Ps 69:1 Ps 69:2 Jer 38:6 |
| 20 | I cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze at me. | Jb 19:7 Jb 27:9 Ps 22:2 Ps 80:4 Ps 80:5 Lam 3:8 Lam 3:44 Mt 15:23 |
| 21 | You have turned to be cruel to me. With the might of your hand you persecute me. | Jb 7:20 Jb 7:21 Jb 10:14-17 Jb 13:25-28 Jb 16:9-14 Jb 19:6-9 Ps 77:7-9 Jer 30:14 |
| 22 | You lift me up to the wind, and drive me with it. You dissolve me in the storm. | Jb 21:18 Ps 1:4 Isa 17:13 Jer 4:11 Jer 4:12 Ezk 5:2 Hos 4:19 Hos 13:3 |
| 23 | For I know that you will bring me to death, To the house appointed for all living. | Jb 14:5 Jb 21:33 Gn 3:19 2Sa 14:14 Ec 8:8 Ec 9:5 Ec 12:5-7 Heb 9:27 |
| 24 | "However doesn`t one stretch out a hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help? | Jg 5:31 Ps 35:25 Mt 27:39-44 |
| 25 | Didn`t I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn`t my soul grieved for the needy? | Ps 35:13 Ps 35:14 Jer 13:17 Jer 18:20 Lk 19:41 Jn 11:35 Ro 12:15 |
| 26 | When I looked for good, then evil came; When I waited for light, there came darkness. | Jb 3:25 Jb 3:26 Jb 29:18 Jer 8:15 Jer 14:19 Jer 15:18 Mic 1:12 |
| 27 | My heart is troubled, and doesn`t rest. Days of affliction have come on me. | Ps 22:4 Jer 4:19 Jer 31:20 Lam 1:20 Lam 2:11 |
| 28 | I go mourning without the sun. I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help. | Ps 38:6 Ps 42:9 Ps 43:2 Isa 53:3 Isa 53:4 Lam 3:1-3 |
| 29 | I am a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches. | Jb 17:14 Ps 102:6 Isa 13:21 Isa 13:22 Isa 38:14 Mic 1:8 Mal 1:3 |
| 30 | My skin grows black and peels from me. My bones are burned with heat. | Ps 119:83 Lam 3:4 Lam 4:8 Lam 5:10 |
| 31 | Therefore is my harp turned to mourning, And my pipe into the voice of those who weep. | Ps 137:1-4 Ec 3:4 Isa 21:4 Isa 22:12 Isa 24:7-9 Lam 5:15 Dn 6:18 |
Shepherd's Stream uses the World English Bible for Bible Stream. The World English Bible (WEB) is a revision of the American Standard Version (ASV) of 1901. The American Standard Version was a minor American revision of the English Revised Version of 1881 and became the foundation of several 20th century American versions, including the Revised Standard Version (RSV) and the New American Standard Bible (NASB).