Job 30

Job 30:1

Whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

Whose fathers I would have disdained to have made the keepers of those dogs, which tended upon my flocks.

Job 30:2

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

For what use could I have made of them, which had wholly lost their time, and lived idly and unprofitably? M 2

Job 30:11

Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.

Because God hath bereaved me of that power and honour, which I formerly enjoyed, therefore they let loose the reins of their obedience and respects to me.

Job 30:18

By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.

By the running of my sores, my garment is all stained with purulent matter, and requires a frequent change: yea, it cleaveth so close unto my body, by the means of this loathsome moisture, as the collar of my coat is straitened to my neck.

Job 30:22

Thou liftest me up to the wind, &c.

Thou tossest me up with thy judgments, as dust or chaff is blown up with the wind.

Job 30:29

I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.

My pain forceth me to so lamentable cries and ejulations, that I might seem fit to be consorted with dragons and owls, in some horrible desert, whose howlings and shriekings are wont to be held most mournful and ominous. XXXI. 1, 2. I made a covenant, &c. For what portion of God is there from above? &c. For if I had suffered my eyes and my heart to rove after these unlawful lusts, what could I have looked for at the hand of God, but due vengeance?