King James Version
Job 30:8 in the King James Version says “They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth. base: Heb. men of no name” — study this verse from Job chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
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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“They were children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“They were children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
properly, failure, i.e., nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc
“of base men”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
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