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Job 30:2

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

KJV

quorum virtus manuum mihi erat pro nihilo, et vita ipsa putabantur indigni :

Vulgate

καὶ γε ἰσχὺς χειρῶν αὐτῶν ἵνα τί μοι; ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς ἀπώλετο συντέλεια.

LXX

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

ASV

גַּם כֹּ֣חַ יְ֭דֵי/הֶם לָ֣/מָּה לִּ֑/י עָ֝לֵ֗י/מוֹ אָ֣בַד כָּֽלַח

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
וֹ
v
noun · 127×
כֶ֣לַח
klch
noun · 2×
ם
m
verb · 183×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eccl 12:1 — Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;