Job 30:1 Cross References - BBE

¹ But now those who are younger than I make sport of me; those whose fathers I would not have put with the dogs of my flocks.

²³ Then from there he went up to Beth-el; and on his way, some little boys came out from the town and made sport of him, crying, Go up, old no-hair! go up, old no-hair!

⁴ It seems that I am to be as one who is a cause of laughing to his neighbour, one who makes his prayer to God and is answered! the upright man who has done no wrong is to be made sport of!

¹³ He has taken my brothers far away from me; they have seen my fate and have become strange to me. ¹⁴ My relations and my near friends have given me up, and those living in my house have put me out of their minds. ¹⁵ I am strange to my women-servants, and seem to them as one from another country. ¹⁶ At my cry my servant gives me no answer, and I have to make a prayer to him. ¹⁷ My breath is strange to my wife, and I am disgusting to the offspring of my mother's body. ¹⁸ Even young children have no respect for me; when I get up their backs are turned on me. ¹⁹ All the men of my circle keep away from me; and those dear to me are turned against me.

⁸ The young men saw me, and went away, and the old men got up from their seats; ⁹ The rulers kept quiet, and put their hands on their mouths; ¹⁰ The chiefs kept back their words, and their tongues were joined to the roofs of their mouths.

¹⁵ But they took pleasure in my trouble, and came together, yes, low persons came together against me without my knowledge; they never came to an end of wounding me. ¹⁶ Like men of deceit they put me to shame; the voice of their wrath was loud against me.

¹² I am a cause of wonder to those in authority; a song to those who are given to strong drink.

⁵ And the people will be crushed, every one by his neighbour; the young will be full of pride against the old, and those of low position will be lifted up against the noble.

⁶⁵ And some put shame on him and, covering his face, gave him blows and said to him, Now say what is to come: and the captains took him and gave him blows with their hands.

¹⁷ And they put a purple robe on him, and twisting a crown of thorns, they put it on him; ¹⁸ And, as if honouring him, they said, Long life to the King of the Jews! ¹⁹ And they gave him blows on the head with a stick and put shame on him and, going down on their knees, gave him worship. ²⁰ And when they had made sport of him, they took the purple robe off him and put his clothing on him. And they took him out to put him to death on the cross.

¹⁴ You say that this man has been teaching the people evil things: now I, after going into the question before you, see nothing wrong in this man in connection with the things which you have said against him:

¹⁸ But with loud voices they said all together, Put this man to death, and make Barabbas free.

³⁵ And the people were looking on. And the rulers made sport of him, saying, He was a saviour of others; let him do something for himself, if he is the Christ, the man of God's selection.

³⁹ And one of the evil-doers on the cross, with bitter feeling, said to him, Are you not the Christ? Get yourself and us out of this.

⁵ But the Jews, being moved with envy, took with them certain low persons from among the common people, and getting together a great number of people, made an outcry in the town, attacking the house of Jason with the purpose of taking them out to the people.

¹² One of their prophets has said, The men of Crete are ever false, evil beasts, lovers of food, hating work.