Job 30:8

Translations

Modern

A senseless and nameless brood, they were driven off the land.

Traditional

They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.

Literal

Sons of a fool, even sons without a name, they were scourged from the land.

Latin

…filii stultorum et ignobilium, et in terra penitus non parentes.

Original

Hebrew

English

A senseless and nameless brood, they were driven off the land.

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

Job's Trial

Related verses

Proverbs 16:22
Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.
Mark 6:24
Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”
Jeremiah 7:18
The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.
Job 40:4
“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Isaiah 32:6
For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.
Proverbs 1:22
“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
Psalm 49:10–13
For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
2 Kings 8:27
And Ahaziah walked in the ways of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab, for he was a son-in-law of the house of Ahab.
Psalm 15:4
…who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,
2 Kings 8:18
And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 22:3
Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness.

Glossary

Book of Job Brood God, Names of

Topics

Persecution of Job Titles and Names of the Wicked: Children of Base Men Titles and Names of the Wicked: Children of Fools

Job 30:8

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