Job 30:2

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

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

1But now they that are younger than I, have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

3For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 12:1Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

Matthew Henry on Job 30:2-15

Job's Humbled Condition. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. 2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished? 3 For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. 4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat. 5 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a… Read the whole commentary →

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