Job 30:8
“They were children of fooles, yea children of base men: they were viler then the earth.”
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Job 30:8 Context
6To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caues of the earth, and in the rockes. 7Among the bushes they brayed: vnder the nettles they were gathered together. 8They were children of fooles, yea children of base men: they were viler then the earth. 9And now am I their song, yea I am their by-word. 10They abhorre me, they flee farre from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
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[They were] children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
- King James Version
"Fools, even those without a name, They were scourged from the land.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
`They are' children of fools, yea, children of base men; They were scourged out of the land.
- American Standard Version (1901)
They are sons of shame, and of men without a name, who have been forced out of the land.
- Basic English Bible
Sons of fools, and sons of nameless sires, they are driven out of the land.
- Darby Bible
They were children of fools, yes, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
- Webster's Bible
They are children of fools, yes, children of base men. They were flogged out of the land.
- World English Bible
Sons of folly -- even sons without name, They have been smitten from the land.
- Youngs Literal Bible
They are children of churls, yea, children of ignoble men; they were scourged out of the land.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible