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Job 30:8
Job 30:8 is verse 8 of Job chapter 30, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
A senseless and nameless brood, they were driven off the land.
King James Version
They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
World English Bible
They are children of fools, yes, children of wicked men. They were flogged out of the land.
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Job 30:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible
6 so that they lived on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.
7 They cried out among the shrubs and huddled beneath the nettles.
8 A senseless and nameless brood, they were driven off the land.
9 And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.
10 They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Kings 8:18And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.
2 Kings 8:27And Ahaziah walked in the ways of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab, for he was a son-in-law of the house of Ahab.
2 Chronicles 22:3Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness.
Psalms 49:10For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
Psalms 49:11Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations— even though their lands were their namesakes.
Psalms 49:12But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
Psalms 49:13This is the fate of the self-confident and their followers who endorse their sayings. Selah
Jeremiah 7:18The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.
Mark 6:24Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”
Proverbs 1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Proverbs 1:22“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 16:22Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.
Job 40:4“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
Psalms 15:4who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,
Isaiah 32:6For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.