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Job 30:8 KJV
Job · chapter 30 · verse 8
They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.Job 30:8 · King James Version
Job 30:8 in context
6To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.
7Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.
8They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
9And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
10They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- foolsnâbâlstupidH5036 →
- vilernâkâʼto smiteH5217 →
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Here Job makes a very large and sad complaint of the great disgrace he had fallen into, from the height of honour and reputation, which was exceedingly grievous and cutting to such an ingenuous spirit as Job's was. Two things he insists upon as greatly aggravating his affliction: - I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-14