Job

Job 30:1–2

¹“But now they mock me,

men younger than I am,

whose fathers I would have refused

to put with my sheep dogs.

²What use to me was the strength of their hands,

since their vigor had left them?

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But now	וְעַתָּ֤ה׀	wə·‘at·tāh	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H6258 now
they mock me	שָֽׂחֲק֣וּ	śā·ḥă·qū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H7832 laugh
men younger	צְעִירִ֥ים	ṣə·‘î·rîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H6810 little, insignificant, young
than I am	מִמֶּ֗נִּי	mim·men·nî	Preposition; first person common singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
whose	אֲשֶׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
fathers	אֲבוֹתָ֑ם	’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H1 father
I would have refused	מָאַ֥סְתִּי	mā·’as·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H3988 reject
to put	לָ֝שִׁ֗ית	lā·šîṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H7896 put, set
with	עִם־	‘im-	Preposition	H5973 with
my sheep	צֹאנִֽי׃	ṣō·nî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H6629 small cattle, sheep and goats, flock, flocks
dogs	כַּלְבֵ֥י	kal·ḇê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H3611 dog

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
What use	לָ֣מָּה	lām·māh	Preposition-l; Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
to me	לִּ֑י	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
was the strength	כֹּ֣חַ	kō·aḥ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3581 strength, power
of their hands	יְ֭דֵיהֶם	yə·ḏê·hem	Noun - feminine dual construct; third person masculine plural	H3027 hand
since their vigor	כָּֽלַח׃	kā·laḥ	Noun - masculine singular	H3624 firm or rugged strength
had left them	אָ֣בַד	’ā·ḇaḏ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6 perish

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 30:1 Job 12:4 · Luke 23:35 · Psalm 35:15–16 · Psalm 69:12 · 2 Kings 2:23

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.