Job 30:1 BSB — MannaFest

Job 30:1

“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

But now they that are younger than I - Margin, “of fewer days.” It is not probable that Job here refers to his three friends. It is not possible to determine their age with accuracy, but in Job 15:10, they claim that there were with them old and very aged men, much older than the father of Job. Though that place may possibly refer not to themselves but to those who held the same opinions with them, yet none of those who engaged in the discussion, except Ehhu Job 32:6, are represented as young men.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Job here speaks of what he might have done, not of what he did: he was not of such a spirit as to set any of the children of men with the dogs of his flock; he knew the dignity of human nature better than to do so.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

They are not allowed to enter a house, but run about wild in the open air, living on offal and chance morsels (Ps 59:14, 15). Here again we are reminded of Jesus Christ (Ps 22:16). "Their fathers, my coevals, were so mean and famished that I would not have associated them with (not to say, set them over) my dogs in guarding my flock."

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעַתָּ֤ה׀	ve.'a.Tah	and now	H6258 →
שָֽׂחֲק֣וּ	sa.cha.Ku	they have laughed	H7832 →
עָלַי֮	'a.Lai	on me	H5921 →
צְעִירִ֥ים	tze.'i.Rim	[people] young	H6810 →
מִמֶּ֗נִּי	mi.Me.ni	more than me	H4480 →
לְיָ֫מִ֥ים	le.Ya.Mim	to days	H3117 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	whom	H834 →
מָאַ֥סְתִּי	ma.'As.ti	I rejected	H3988 →
אֲבוֹתָ֑ם	'a.vo.Tam	fathers their	H1 →
לָ֝שִׁ֗ית	la.Shit	to put	H7896 →
עִם־	'im-	with	H5973 →
כַּלְבֵ֥י	kal.Vei	[the] dogs of	H3611 →
צֹאנִֽי׃	tzo.Ni	flock my	H6629 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Kings 2:23
From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of boys came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, you baldhead! Go…
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 36:16
  But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
Through
Luke 23:35
The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”
leads to
- Psalms 22:17
  I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.
- Isaiah 42:1
  “Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
- 1 Peter 2:4
  As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,
- Matthew 12:18
  “Here is My Servant, whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations.
- Mark 15:29–32
  And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
Through
Job 12:4
I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
leads to
- Job 17:6
  He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.
- Job 21:3
  Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.

About Job

Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Job

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Job