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Job 30:7 Cross-References
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“Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.”
Job 30:7 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 30:7
Among the bushes they brayed (בֵּין־שִׂיחִים יִנְהָקוּ)—The verb נָהַק (nahaq) means to 'bray like a donkey'—these humans make animal sounds rather than articulate speech. This occurs 'among bushes' (שִׂיחִים, sichim), the scrubland habitat of wild beasts. Under the nettles they were gathered together (תַּחַת חָרוּל יְסֻפָּחוּ)—The verb סָפַח (safach, gathered/huddled) suggests clustering for warmth or protection under charul (חָרוּל, nettles/thistles), painful thorny plants.Job's dehumanizing description reaches its nadir—outcasts reduced to braying animals sheltering under thorns. This is fa...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 30:7
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“Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?”
“and every man's hand against him. He will live opposite all of his brothers.,And 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.,וְהוּא יִהְיֶה פֶּרֶא אָדָם יָדוֹ בַכֹּל וְיַד כֹּל בּוֹ וְעַל־פְּנֵי כָל־אֶחָיו יִשְׁכֹּן׃ ,And he shall be a wild ass of a man: his hand shall be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the face of all his brethren.”
“For vain men would be wise”