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Job 30

Job 30:7

Job’s Honor Turned to Contempt · Job 30:1–14
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Translations

Modern
They cried out among the shrubs and huddled beneath the nettles.
Traditional
Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.
Literal
Among the shrubs they bray; under the nettles they huddle together.
Latin
…qui inter hujuscemodi lætabantur, et esse sub sentibus delicias computabant:

Original

Hebrew
English
They cried out among the shrubs and huddled beneath the nettles.

Notes

Job 29:1–31:40

Job 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).

Events

Glossary

Acanthus Book of Job God, Names of

Topics

Nettles: Figurative Persecution of Job