Job 30:8

Job 30:8

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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.

12 At my right hand the rabble arises;
They push away my feet,
And ^athey raise against me their ways of destruction.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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fools—that is, the impious and abandoned (I Samuel 25:25).

base—nameless, low-born rabble.

viler than, etc.—rather, they were driven or beaten out of the land. The Horites in Mount Seir (Genesis 14:6 with which compare Genesis 36:20-21; Deuteronomy 2:12, Deuteronomy 2:22) 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 Genesis 24:4-8, which compare together).

**Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Job 30:8:**

Job 30:1
Job 30:8
Job 30:18
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Isaiah 57:3

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