Job 30:1

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

¶ 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.

Complete Jewish Bible:

"But now those younger than I hold me in derision, men whose fathers I wouldn't even have put with the dogs that guarded my sheep.

Berean Standard Bible:

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

American Standard Version:

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 with Strong’s Numbers:

But now they that are younger{H6810}{H3117} than I have me in derision{H7832}, whose fathers{H1} I would have disdained{H3988} to have set{H7896} with the dogs{H3611} of my flock{H6629}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Job 12:4

  • I am [as] one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright [man is] laughed to scorn.

Luke 23:35

  • And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided [him], saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.

Psalms 69:12

  • They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I [was] the song of the drunkards.

Psalms 35:15

  • But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: [yea], the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; they did tear [me], and ceased not:

Psalms 35:16

  • With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

2 Kings 2:23

  • And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.

Acts 17:5

  • But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

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Commentary for Job 30:1

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H6810
    There are 22 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: צָעִיר
    Transliteration: tsâʻîyr
    Pronunciation: tsaw-eer'
    Description: or צָעוֹר; from צָעַר; little; (in number) few; (in age) young, (in value) ignoble; least, little (one), small (one), [phrase] young(-er, -est).
  2. Strong's Number: H3117
    There are 1931 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יוֹם
    Transliteration: yôwm
    Pronunciation: yome
    Description: from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
  3. Strong's Number: H7832
    There are 36 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שָׂחַק
    Transliteration: sâchaq
    Pronunciation: saw-khak'
    Description: a primitive root; to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play; deride, have in derision, laugh, make merry, mock(-er), play, rejoice, (laugh to) scorn, be in (make) sport.
  4. Strong's Number: H1
    There are 15773 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אָב
    Transliteration: ʼâb
    Pronunciation: awb
    Description: a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
  5. Strong's Number: H3988
    There are 69 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מָאַס
    Transliteration: mâʼaç
    Pronunciation: maw-as'
    Description: a primitive root; to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear; abhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, [idiom] utterly, vile person.
  6. Strong's Number: H7896
    There are 80 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שִׁית
    Transliteration: shîyth
    Pronunciation: sheeth
    Description: a primitive root; to place (in a very wide application); apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, [idiom] look, make, mark, put (on), [phrase] regard, set, shew, be stayed, [idiom] take.
  7. Strong's Number: H3611
    There are 31 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: כֶּלֶב
    Transliteration: keleb
    Pronunciation: keh'-leb
    Description: from an unused root means. to yelp, or else to attack; a dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute; dog.
  8. Strong's Number: H6629
    There are 247 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: צֹאן
    Transliteration: tsôʼn
    Pronunciation: tsone
    Description: or צאוֹן; (Psalm 144:13), from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men); (small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).