1 “But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs. 2 What use to me was the strength of their hands, since their vigor had left them?
Job 30:1–2
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Job 26:1–3
1 Then Job answered: 2 “How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble! 3 How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!
Job 19:17–19
17 My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family. 18 Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me. 19 All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.
2 Esdras 5:54–56
54 Consider therefore you also, how you are shorter than those who were before you. (WEB) 55 So are those who come after you smaller than you, as born of the creature which now begins to be old, and is past the strength of youth.” (WEB) 56 Then I said, “Lord, I implore you, if I ha… (WEB)
1 Clement 39:1–3
1 Senseless and stupid and foolish and ignorant men jeer and mock at us, desiring that they themselves should be exalted in their imaginations. (1CL) 2 For what power hath a mortal? or what strength hath a child of earth? (1CL) 3 For it is written; There was no form before mine… (1CL)
Job 6:11–13
11 What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient? 12 Is my strength like that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze? 13 Is there any help within me now that success is driven from me?
Isaiah 14:9–11
9 Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you— all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones. 10 They will all respond to you, saying, “You too have become weak, as…
Job 30:8–10
8 A senseless and nameless brood, they were driven off the land. 9 And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them. 10 They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
Jeremiah 48:13–15
13 Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was ashamed when they trusted in Bethel. 14 How can you say, ‘We are warriors, mighty men ready for battle’? 15 Moab has been destroyed and its towns have been invaded; the best of its young men have g…
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