Key Verse Spotlight
Job 30:8 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“{They were} children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth. {base...: Heb. men of no name}”
Job 30:8
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, {in} caves of the earth, and {in} the rocks. {caves: Heb. holes}
Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.
{They were} children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth. {base...: Heb. men of no name}
And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face. {and...: Heb. and withhold not spittle from}
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