Job 30:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Job 30:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Job 30:2 in 6 Bible Translations

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Job 30:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Of what use is the strength of their hands to me, men in whom ripe age has perished?”

Job 30:2 — World English Bible

Job 30:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? Men in whom ripe age is perished. ”

Job 30:2 — American Standard Version

Job 30:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Also--the power of their hands, why <FI>is it<Fi> to me? On them hath old age perished.”

Job 30:2 — Young's Literal Translation

Job 30:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Yea, whereto [should] the strength of their hands [profit] me, [men] in whom vigour hath perished? ”

Job 30:2 — Darby Translation

Job 30:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“For whereto shoulde the strength of their handes haue serued mee, seeing age perished in them?”

Job 30:2 — Geneva Bible

Job 30:2 in Context — Job 30

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.

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What Does Job 30:2 Mean?

Job 30:2 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 30. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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