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Job 30:8

They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.

KJV

filii stultorum et ignobilium, et in terra penitus non parentes.

Vulgate

ἀφρόνων υἱοὶ καὶ ἀτίμων ὄνομα, καὶ κλέος ἐσβεσμένον ἀπὸ γῆς.

LXX

They arechildren of fools, yea, children of base men; They were scourged out of the land.

ASV

בְּֽנֵי נָ֭בָל גַּם בְּנֵ֣י בְלִי שֵׁ֑ם נִ֝כְּא֗וּ מִן הָ/אָֽרֶץ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
בְלִי
bly
noun · 58×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
נִ֝כְּא֗וּ
nk'v
verb · 1×
נָבָ֖ל
nbl
adjective · 18×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 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
  • Jer 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
  • Job 40:4 — Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
  • 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.
  • Nah 3:6 — And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.
  • Prov 1:7 — The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
  • Prov 1:22 — How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 16:22 — Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.