Job 30:1

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.

2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?

3 For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.

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 as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

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  • Luke 23:35

    And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.

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  • Psalms 35:15–16

    But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

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  • Psalms 69:12

    They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

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  • 2 Kings 2:23

    And he went up from thence unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.

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  • Job 29:8–10

    The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.

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  • Acts 17:5

    But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

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  • Mark 14:65

    And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.

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