Job 30:24
When He stretcheth out his hand, prayer availeth nothing; When He bringeth destruction, vain is the cry for help.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
In Context
23I know that thou wilt bring me to death, To the place of assembly for all the living.
25Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?
Cross References
Psalms 35:25Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha! we have our wish!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”
Matthew Henry on Job 30:16-31
Job Complains of His Affliction. ( b. c. 1520.) 15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. 16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me. 17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest. 18 By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. 19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. 20 I cry unto thee,… Read the whole commentary →