Job 30:28

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I go about blackened, but not by the sun; in the assembly I stand up and cry for help.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 42:9 : 9 I will pray to God, my high ridge:“Why do you ignore me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?”
  • Ps 43:2 : 2 For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?
  • Ps 38:6 : 6 I am dazed and completely humiliated; all day long I walk around mourning.
  • Job 19:7 : 7 Job’s Abandonment and Affliction“If I cry out,‘Violence!’ I receive no answer; I cry for help, but there is no justice.
  • Isa 53:3-4 : 3 He was despised and rejected by people, one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness; people hid their faces from him; he was despised, and we considered him insignificant. 4 But he lifted up our illnesses, he carried our pain; even though we thought he was being punished, attacked by God, and afflicted for something he had done.
  • Lam 3:1-3 : 1 א(Alef) The Prophet Speaks: I am the man who has experienced affliction from the rod of his wrath. 2 He drove me into captivity and made me walk in darkness and not light. 3 He repeatedly attacks me, he turns his hand against me all day long.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Job 30:25-27
    3 verses
    78%

    25Have I not wept for the unfortunate? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?

    26But when I hoped for good, trouble came; when I expected light, then darkness came.

    27My heart is in turmoil unceasingly; the days of my affliction confront me.

  • Ps 38:6
    78%

    6I am dazed and completely humiliated; all day long I walk around mourning.

  • Job 30:29-31
    3 verses
    77%

    29I have become a brother to jackals and a companion of ostriches.

    30My skin has turned dark on me; my body is hot with fever.

    31My harp is used for mourning and my flute for the sound of weeping.

  • Job 30:19-20
    2 verses
    77%

    19He has flung me into the mud, and I have come to resemble dust and ashes.

    20I cry out to you, but you do not answer me; I stand up, and you only look at me.

  • Ps 35:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    14I mourned for them as I would for a friend or my brother. I bowed down in sorrow as if I were mourning for my mother.

    15But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest.

  • Job 16:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and buried my horn in the dust;

    16my face is reddened because of weeping, and on my eyelids there is a deep darkness,

  • Ps 30:8
    75%

    8To you, O LORD, I cried out; I begged the Lord for mercy:

  • Job 7:11
    74%

    11Job Remonstrates with God“Therefore, I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Isa 38:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O Lord, I am oppressed; help me!

    15What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.

  • Ps 32:3
    73%

    3When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long.

  • Ps 38:17
    73%

    17For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain.

  • Ps 42:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3I cannot eat, I weep day and night; all day long they say to me,“Where is your God?”

    4I will remember and weep! For I was once walking along with the great throng to the temple of God, shouting and giving thanks along with the crowd as we celebrated the holy festival.

  • Job 30:16
    73%

    16Job’s Despondency“And now my soul pours itself out within me; days of suffering take hold of me.

  • Jer 8:18
    73%

    18Then I said,“There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart!

  • Jer 15:17
    73%

    17I did not spend my time in the company of other people, laughing and having a good time. I stayed to myself because I felt obligated to you and because I was filled with anger at what they had done.

  • Ps 38:8
    73%

    8I am numb with pain and severely battered; I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel.

  • Ps 55:2
    73%

    2Pay attention to me and answer me! I am so upset and distressed, I am beside myself,

  • Ps 28:1
    72%

    1By David. To you, O LORD, I cry out! My protector, do not ignore me! If you do not respond to me, I will join those who are descending into the grave.

  • Job 3:24
    72%

    24For my sighing comes in place of my food, and my groanings flow forth like water.

  • Job 19:7
    72%

    7Job’s Abandonment and Affliction“If I cry out,‘Violence!’ I receive no answer; I cry for help, but there is no justice.

  • Ps 31:10
    72%

    10For my life nears its end in pain; my years draw to a close as I groan. My strength fails me because of my sin, and my bones become brittle.

  • Lam 1:20
    72%

    20ר(Resh) Look, O LORD! I am distressed; my stomach is in knots! My heart is pounding inside me. Yes, I was terribly rebellious! Out in the street the sword bereaves a mother of her children; Inside the house death is present.

  • Ps 142:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1A well-written song by David, when he was in the cave; a prayer. To the LORD I cry out; to the LORD I plead for mercy.

    2I pour out my lament before him; I tell him about my troubles.

  • Job 29:7
    72%

    7When I went out to the city gate and secured my seat in the public square,

  • Job 17:7
    72%

    7My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.

  • Ps 143:4
    72%

    4My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.

  • Ps 42:9
    72%

    9I will pray to God, my high ridge:“Why do you ignore me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?”

  • Mic 1:8
    71%

    8For this reason I will mourn and wail; I will walk around barefoot and without my outer garments. I will howl like a wild dog, and screech like an owl.

  • Ps 88:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.

    9My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O LORD, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you.

  • Lam 3:8
    71%

    8Also, when I cry out desperately for help, he has shut out my prayer.

  • Lam 3:1
    71%

    1א(Alef) The Prophet Speaks: I am the man who has experienced affliction from the rod of his wrath.

  • Ps 31:22
    71%

    22I jumped to conclusions and said,“I am cut off from your presence!” But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.

  • Ps 38:10
    71%

    10My heart beats quickly; my strength leaves me; I can hardly see.

  • Ps 39:2
    71%

    2I was stone silent; I held back the urge to speak. My frustration grew;

  • Ps 77:2
    71%

    2In my time of trouble I sought the Lord. I kept my hand raised in prayer throughout the night. I refused to be comforted.

  • Job 10:1
    71%

    1An Appeal for Revelation“I am weary of my life; I will complain without restraint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Lam 1:13
    71%

    13מ(Mem) He sent down fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He spread out a trapper’s net for my feet; he made me turn back. He has made me desolate; I am faint all day long.

  • Job 31:34
    71%

    34because I was terrified of the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I remained silent and would not go outdoors–

  • Job 7:4
    71%

    4If I lie down, I say,‘When will I arise?’, and the night stretches on and I toss and turn restlessly until the day dawns.