Job 30:24

“Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Job 30:24

Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the graue, though they cry in his destruction.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out {his} hand, Or in his disaster therefore cry out for help?
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Howbeit doth not one stretch out the hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?
- American Standard Version (1901)

Has not my hand been stretched out in help to the poor? have I not been a saviour to him in his trouble?
- Basic English Bible

Indeed, no prayer [availeth] when he stretcheth out [his] hand: though they cry when he destroyeth.
- Darby Bible

Yet he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
- Webster's Bible

However doesn't one stretch out a hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?
- World English Bible

Surely not against the heap Doth He send forth the hand, Though in its ruin they have safety.
- Youngs Literal Bible

Surely none shall put forth his hand to a ruinous heap, neither because of these things shall help come in one's calamity,
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Bible Commentary for Job 30:24

Wesley's Notes for Job 30:24


30:24 To the grave - The hand of God's wrath will not follow me beyond death; I shall then be safe and easy: Tho' men cry in his destruction: tho' most men cry and are affrighted, while they are dying, while the body is sinking into destruction; yet I desire it, I have nothing to fear therein, since I know that my redeemer liveth.


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