Job 30:8 KJV
They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
Matthew Henry
- Job's honour is turned into contemptJob contrasts his present condition with his former honour and authority. What little cause have men to be ambitious or proud of that which may be so easily...
Thompson Chains
- Seed of the WickedSee the chain from Job 27:14 · 4 links
- Base FellowsSee the chain from Deuteronomy 13:13 · 7 links
Cross References
- 2 Kings 8:18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 8:27 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.
- 2 Chronicles 22:3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
- Job 40:4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
- Psalms 15:4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
- Psalms 49:10–13 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. …
- Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
- Proverbs 1:22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 16:22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
- Isaiah 32:6 For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
- Jeremiah 7:18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
- Mark 6:24 And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
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Topics
- Job Complaints of, and replies by his three friends to
- Murmuring Job
- Persecution Of Job
Hebrew and Strong’s
- children בְּנֵי bĕnê בֵּן Noun · masculine plural construct
- of fools נָבָל nābāl נָבָל Adjective · masculine singular
- yea, children גַּם gam Affirmation בְּנֵי bĕnê בֵּן Noun · masculine plural construct
- of base men בְלִי bĕlî Negative שֵׁם šēm שֵׁם Noun · masculine singular
- they were viler נִכְּאוּ nikkĕʾww נָכָא Verb · niphal perfect, third person common plural
- than the earth מִן min Preposition הָאָרֶץ hāʾāreṣ אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the
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