New International Version
Job 30:8
8A base and nameless brood, they were driven out of 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)They are nameless fools, outcasts from society.
Context of Job 30:8
6They were forced to live in the dry stream beds, among the rocks and in holes in the ground. 7They brayed among the bushes and huddled in the undergrowth. A base and nameless brood, they were driven out of the land. 9“And now those young men mock me in song; I have become a byword among them. 10They detest me and keep their distance; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
Read all of Job 30Job 30:8 word by word
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 followed the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for he married a daughter of Ahab. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 22:3He too followed the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother encouraged him to act wickedly.
- Psalms 49:10For all can see that the wise die, that the foolish and the senseless also perish, leaving their wealth to others.
- Jeremiah 7:18The children gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough and make cakes to offer to the Queen of Heaven. They pour out drink offerings to other gods to arouse my anger.
- Mark 6:24She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?” “The head of John the Baptist,” she answered.
- Proverbs 1:7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
- Proverbs 16:22Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent, but folly brings punishment to fools.
- Job 40:4“I am unworthy—how can I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth.
- Psalms 15:4who despises a vile person but honors those who fear the Lord; who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and does not change their mind;
- Isaiah 32:6For fools speak folly, their hearts are bent on evil: They practice ungodliness and spread error concerning the Lord; the hungry they leave empty and from the thirsty they withhold water.
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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