Christian Standard Bible
Job 30:8
8Foolish men, without even a name. They were forced to leave the land.
Job 30:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
- New International Version (NIV)A base and nameless brood, they were driven out of the land.
- English Standard Version (ESV)A senseless, a nameless brood, they have been whipped out of the land.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They were sons of fools, Yes, sons of vile men; They were scourged from the land.
Context of Job 30:8
6They are living on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground. 7They bray among the shrubs; they huddle beneath the thistles. Foolish men, without even a name. They were forced to leave the land. 9Now I am mocked by their songs; I have become an object of scorn to them. 10They despise me and keep their distance from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
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בְּֽנֵי־נָ֭בָל גַּם־בְּנֵ֣י בְלִי־שֵׁ֑ם נִ֝כְּא֗וּ מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 30:8
- 2 Kings 8:18He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for Ahab’s daughter was his wife. He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight.
- 2 Chronicles 22:3He walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother gave him evil advice.
- Psalms 49:10For one can see that the wise die; the foolish and stupid also pass away. Then they leave their wealth to others.
- Jeremiah 7:18The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven, and they pour out drink offerings to other gods so that they provoke me to anger.
- Mark 6:24She went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask for?” “John the Baptist’s head,” she said.
- Proverbs 1:7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and discipline.
- Proverbs 16:22Insight is a fountain of life for its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.
- Job 40:4I am so insignificant. How can I answer you? I place my hand over my mouth.
- Psalms 15:4who despises the one rejected by the Lord but honors those who fear the Lord, who keeps his word whatever the cost,
- Isaiah 32:6For a fool speaks foolishness and his mind plots iniquity. He lives in a godless way and speaks falsely about the Lord. He leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.
Commentaries on Job 30:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Children of fools - Children of nabal; children without a name; persons of no consideration, and descendants of such. Viler than the earth - Rather, driven out of the land; persons not fit for civil society.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8They were children of fools - The word rendered “fools” נבל nâbâl means, (1) stupid, foolish; and (2) abandoned, impious; compare 1 Samuel 25:3, 1 Samuel 25:25. Here it means the worthless, the refuse of society, the abandoned. They had no respectable parentage. Umbreit, “A brood of infamy.” Coverdale, “Children of fools and villains.” Children of base men - Margin, as in Hebrew, “men of no name.” They were men of no reputation; whose ancestors had in…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. 88. fools--that is, the impious and abandoned (1Sa 25:25). base--nameless, low-born rabble. viler than, &c.--rather, they were driven or beaten out of the land. The Horites in Mount Seir (Ge 14:6 with which compare Ge 36:20, 21; De 2:12, 22) were probably the aborigines, driven out by the tribe to which Job's ancestors belonged; their name means troglodytæ, or "dwellers in caves." To these Job alludes here (Job 30:1-8, and Ge 24:4-8, which compare…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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