New English Translation
Job 30:7
7They brayed like animals among the bushes and were huddled together under the nettles.
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 were banished from the community – people shouted at them like they would shout at thieves – 6so that they had to live in the dry stream beds, in the holes of the ground, and among the rocks. They brayed like animals among the bushes and were huddled together under the nettles. 8Sons of senseless and nameless people, they were driven out of the land with whips. 9“And now I have become their taunt song; I have become a byword among them.
Read all of Job 30Job 30:7 word by word
בֵּין־שִׂיחִ֥ים יִנְהָ֑קוּ תַּ֖חַת חָר֣וּל יְסֻפָּֽחוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 30:7
- Job 6:5“Does the wild donkey bray when it is near grass? Or does the ox low near its fodder?
- Job 11:12But an empty man will become wise, when a wild donkey’s colt is born a human being.
- Genesis 16:12He will be a wild donkey of a man. He will be hostile to everyone, and everyone will be hostile to him. He will live away from his brothers.”
- Job 2:9Then his wife said to him, “Are you still holding firmly to your integrity? Curse 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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