Job 30:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 30:1

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1 “But now they mock at me, men¹ younger than I,
Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.

2 Indeed, what profit is the strength of their hands to me?
Their vigor has perished.

3 They are gaunt from want and famine,
Fleeing late to the wilderness, desolate and waste,

4 Who pluck¹ mallow by the bushes,
And broom tree roots for their food.

5 They were driven out from among men,
They shouted at them as at a thief.

6 They had to live in the clefts of the¹ valleys,
In¹ caves of the earth and the rocks.

7 Among the bushes they brayed,
Under the nettles they nestled.

8 They were sons of fools,
Yes, sons of vile men;
They were scourged from the land.

9 “And^a now I am their taunting song;
Yes, I am their byword.

10 They abhor me, they keep far from me;
They do not hesitate ^ato spit in my face.

11 Because ^aHe has loosed my bowstring and afflicted me,
They have cast off restraint before me.

Verse Comparison: Job 30:1

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American Standard Version
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, Whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

Amplified® Bible
BUT NOW they who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

Contemporary English Version
Young people now insult me, although their fathers would have been a disgrace to my sheep dogs.

Darby English Version
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

Good News Bible
But men younger than I am make fun of me now! Their fathers have always been so worthless that I wouldn't let them help my dogs guard sheep.

King James Version
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

New American Standard Bible
"But now those younger than I mock me, Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.

New International Version
"But now they mock me,
men younger than I,
whose fathers I would have disdained
to put with my sheep dogs.

New King James Version
“But now they mock at me, men younger than I,
Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"But now those younger than I mock me, Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.

Revised Standard Version
"But now they make sport of me, men who are younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

Young's Literal Translation
And now, laughed at me, Have the younger in days than I, Whose fathers I have loathed to set With the dogs of my flock.

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