KJV King James Version
Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Job 30:7
Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They cried out among the shrubs and huddled beneath the nettles.
WEB World English Bible
Among the bushes they bray; and under the nettles they are gathered together.
ASV American Standard Version
Among the bushes they bray; Under the nettles they are gathered together.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Among shrubs they do groan, Under nettles they are gathered together.
Surrounding context — Job 30
4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots [for] their meat.
5 They were driven forth from among [men], (they cried after them as [after] a thief;)
6 To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, [in] caves of the earth, and [in] the rocks.
7 Among 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.
9 And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
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Genesis 16:12And he will be a wild man; his hand [will be] against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.Job 6:5Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?Job 11:12For vain man would be wise, though man be born [like] a wild ass’s colt.
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