Job 30:1

“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.

2 What use to me was the strength of their hands, since their vigor had left them?

3 Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.
KJV
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
WEB
“But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I considered unworthy to put with my sheep dogs.
ASV
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, Whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
DARBY
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
BLB
[“] And now they laugh at me, the fewer in days than I, whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.
ÅB
Men nå ler de av meg, de som er yngre av år enn jeg, hvis fedre jeg aktet så ringe at jeg ikke ville sette dem blant mine fehunder.
OTB
«Men nå ler de av meg, de som er yngre enn jeg,
hvis fedre jeg ikke ville ha plassert med hundene i min flokk.
B1930
Men nu ler de av mig, de som er yngre av år enn jeg, hvis fedre jeg aktet så ringe at jeg ikke vilde sette dem blandt mine fehunder.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 12:4

    I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.

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  • Luke 23:35

    The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”

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  • Psalms 35:15–16

    But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.

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  • Psalms 69:12

    Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.

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  • 2 Kings 2:23

    From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of boys came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”

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  • Job 29:8–10

    the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.

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  • Acts 17:5

    The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.

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  • Mark 14:65

    Then some of them began to spit on Him. They blindfolded Him, struck Him with their fists, and said to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers received Him with slaps in His face.

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