KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Job 30:1
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to put with my sheep dogs.
WEB World English Bible
“But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs.
ASV 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And now, laughed at me, Have the younger in days than I, Whose fathers I have loathed to set With the dogs of my flock.
Surrounding context — Job 30
1 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.
2 Yea, whereto [might] the strength of their hands [profit] me, in whom old age was perished?
3 For want and famine [they were] solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots [for] their meat.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְעַתָּ֤ה׀H6258 · at.tahnowשָֽׂחֲק֣וּH7832 · sa.chaqto laughעָלַי֮H5921 · aluponצְעִירִ֥יםH6810 · tsa.irlittleמִמֶּ֗נִּיH4480 · minfromלְיָ֫מִ֥יםH3117 · yomdayאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichמָאַ֥סְתִּיH3988 · ma.asto rejectאֲבוֹתָ֑םH1 · avfatherלָ֝שִׁ֗יתH7896 · shitto set: makeעִם־H5973 · imwithכַּלְבֵ֥יH3611 · ke.levdogצֹאנִֽי׃H6629 · tsonflock
Cross-references
Job 12:4I am [as] one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright [man is] laughed to scorn.Psalm 69:12They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I [was] the song of the drunkards.Psalm 35:15-16But 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:Luke 23:35And 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.2 Kings 2:23And 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.Titus 1:12One of themselves, [even] a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians [are] alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.Luke 23:14Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined [him] before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:Luke 23:39And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.Job 19:13-19He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.Isaiah 3:5And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.Job 29:8-10The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, [and] stood up.Mark 15:17-20And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his [head],Luke 23:18And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this [man], and release unto us Barabbas:Mark 14:65And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.Acts 17:5But 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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