Quotes about Suffering
His survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them.
— Job 27:15
What use to me was the strength of their hands, since their vigor had left them?
— Job 30:2
Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night.
— Job 30:3
They cried out among the shrubs and huddled beneath the nettles.
— Job 30:7
They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
— Job 30:10
Because God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.
— Job 30:11
Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.
— Job 30:15
And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me.
— Job 30:16
Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.
— Job 30:17
He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.
— Job 30:19
I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.
— Job 30:20
You have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand.
— Job 30:21