The Meaning of Job 30:2 Explained

Job 30:2

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

YLT: Also -- the power of their hands, why is it to me? On them hath old age perished.

Darby: Yea, whereto should the strength of their hands profit me, men in whom vigour hath perished?

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

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 30:2?

MEANING: What does Job 30:2 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 30:2 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 30:2?

What is the context of Job 30:2?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 30:2 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Job 30

¹ Job's honor is turned into extreme contempt
¹⁵ and his prosperity into calamity

What do the individual words in Job 30:2 mean?

Indeed the strength of their hands for what [profit is] to me their has perished vigor

גַּם־ כֹּ֣חַ יְ֭דֵיהֶם לָ֣מָּה לִּ֑י עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ אָ֣בַד ؟ כָּֽלַח

גַּם־	Indeed
Parse: Conjunction Root: גַּם Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
כֹּ֣חַ	the strength
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: כֹּחַ Sense: strength, power, might.
יְ֭דֵיהֶם	of their hands
Parse: Noun, fdc, third person masculine plural Root: יָד Sense: hand.
לָ֣מָּה	for what [profit is]
Parse: Preposition-l, Interrogative Root: לָמָּה Sense: what, how, of what kind.
לִּ֑י	to me
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
אָ֣בַד	has perished
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָבַד Sense: perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed.
؟ כָּֽלַח	vigor
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: כֶּלַח Sense: full strength, firm or rugged strength, vigour.

What are the major concepts related to Job 30:2?

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