Verse Comparison: Job 30:24
American Standard Version
Howbeit doth not one stretch out the hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?
Amplified® Bible
However, does not one falling in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand? Or in his calamity will he not therefore cry for help?
Contemporary English Version
No one refuses help to others, when disaster strikes.
Darby English Version
Indeed, no prayer [availeth] when he stretcheth out [his] hand: though they cry when he destroyeth.
Good News Bible
Why do you attack a ruined man, one who can do nothing but beg for pity?
King James Version
Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
New American Standard Bible
"Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out {his} hand, Or in his disaster therefore cry out for help?
New International Version
"Surely no one lays a hand on a broken man
when he cries for help in his distress.
New King James Version
“Surely He would not stretch out His hand against a heap of ruins,
If they cry out when He destroys it.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand, Or in his disaster therefore cry out for help?
Revised Standard Version
"Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand, and in his disaster cry for help?
Young's Literal Translation
Surely not against the heap Doth He send forth the hand, Though in its ruin they have safety.