Job 30:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“A senseless and nameless brood, they were driven off the land.”
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BSBPD
“A senseless and nameless brood, they were driven off the land.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“They arechildren of fools, yea, children of base men; They were scourged out of the land.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Sons of folly--even sons without name, They have been smitten from the land.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 30:8 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 8:18And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 8:27And Ahaziah walked in the ways of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab, for he was a son-in-law of the house of Ahab.
- 2 Chronicles 22:3Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness.
- Job 40:4“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
- Psalms 15:4who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,
- Psalms 49:10For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
- Proverbs 1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
- Proverbs 1:22“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 16:22Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.
- Isaiah 32:6For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.
- Jeremiah 7:18The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.
- Mark 6:24Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”
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