American Standard Version
Job 30:7
7Among the bushes they bray;Under the nettles they are gathered together.
Job 30:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.
- New International Version (NIV)They brayed among the bushes and huddled in the undergrowth.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Among the bushes they bray; under the nettles they huddle together.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Among the bushes they brayed, Under the nettles they nestled.
Context of Job 30:7
5They are driven forth from the midst of men; They cry after them as after a thief; 6So that they dwell in frightful valleys, In holes of the earth and of the rocks. Among the bushes they bray; Under the nettles they are gathered together. 8They arechildren of fools, yea, children of base men; They were scourged out of the land. 9And now I am become their song, Yea, I am a byword unto them.
Read all of Job 30Job 30:7 word by word
בֵּין־שִׂיחִ֥ים יִנְהָ֑קוּ תַּ֖חַת חָר֣וּל יְסֻפָּֽחוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 30:7
- Job 6:5Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?
- Job 11:12But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born as a wild ass’s colt.
- Genesis 16:12And he shall be as a wild ass among men; his hand shall be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his brethren.
- Job 2:9Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? renounce God, and die.
Commentaries on Job 30:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Among the bushes they brayed - They cried out among the bushes, seeking for food, as the wild ass when he is in want of provender. Two MSS. read ינאקו yinaku, they groaned, instead of ינהקו yinhaku, they brayed. Under the nettles - חרול charul, the briers or brambles, under the brushwood in the thickest parts of the underwood; they huddled together like wild beasts.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Among the bushes - Coverdale, “Upon the dry heath went they about crying.” The Hebrew word is the same which occurs in Job 30:4, and means bushes in general. They were heard in the shrubbery that grew in the desert. They brayed - ינהקו yinâhaqû The Vulgate renders this, “They were concealed.” The Septuagint, “Amidst sweet sounds they cry out.” Noyes, “They utter their cries.” The Hebrew word properly means to “bray.” It occurs only here and in Job 6:5…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-31Job compares his past happiness, honor, and wealth with his current loss of social dignity and divine friendship (chapters 29 and 30). He ends his speech with broad vows of innocence (chapter 31).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. brayed--like the wild ass (Job 6:5 for food). The inarticulate tones of this uncivilized rabble are but little above those of the beast of the field. gathered together--rather, sprinkled here and there. Literally, "poured out," graphically picturing their disorderly mode of encampment, lying up and down behind the thorn bushes. nettles--or brambles [Umbreit].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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