Job 30:8 · KJV
“{They were} children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth. {base...: Heb. men of no name}”
— Job 30:8
Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.
And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
Job 30 — Context
To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, {in} caves of the earth, and {in} the rocks. {caves: Heb. holes}
7Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.
8{They were} children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth. {base...: Heb. men of no name}
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. {and...: Heb. and withhold not spittle from}
Cross References
Proverbs 16:22
Understanding {is} a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools {is} folly.
Proverbs 1:22
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Jeremiah 7:18
The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead {their} dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. {queen...: or, frame, or, workmanship of heaven}
Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD {is} the beginning of knowledge: {but} fools despise wisdom and instruction. {the beginning: or, the principal part}
Job 40:4
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
Isaiah 32:6
For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
Mark 6:24
And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
2 Kings 8:27
And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as {did} the house of Ahab: for he {was} the son in law of the house of Ahab.