New King James Version
Job 30:7
7Among the bushes they brayed, Under the nettles they nestled.
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 Living Translation (NLT)They sound like animals howling among the bushes, huddled together beneath the nettles.
Context of Job 30:7
5They were driven out from among men, They shouted at them as at a thief. 6They had to live in the clefts of the valleys, In caves of the earth and the rocks. Among the bushes they brayed, Under the nettles they nestled. 8They were sons of fools, Yes, sons of vile men; They were scourged from the land. 9“And now I am their taunting song; Yes, I am their byword.
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 6:5Does the wild donkey bray when it has grass, Or does the ox low over its fodder?
- Job 11:12For an empty-headed man will be wise, When a wild donkey’s colt is born a man.
- Genesis 16:12He shall be a wild man; His hand shall be against every man, And every man’s hand against him. And he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.”
- Job 2:9Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast 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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