Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Fools, even those without a name,
They were scourged from the land.

King James Version

They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.

Holman Bible

Foolish men, without even a name.
They were forced to leave the land.

International Standard Version

Sons of fools and of uncertain reputation, they have been driven from the land by scourging."

A Conservative Version

[They are] sons of fools, yea, sons of base men. They were scourged out of the land.

American Standard Version

They are children of fools, yea, children of base men; They were scourged out of the land.

Amplified


“They are the sons of [worthless and nameless] fools,
They have been driven out of the land.

Bible in Basic English

They are sons of shame, and of men without a name, who have been forced out of the land.

Darby Translation

Sons of fools, and sons of nameless sires, they are driven out of the land.

Julia Smith Translation

The sons of the foolish one, also the sons of no name: they were beaten from the land.

King James 2000

They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.

Lexham Expanded Bible

{A senseless crowd}, yes, {a disreputable brood}, they were cast out from the land.

Modern King James verseion

sons of fools, yea, sons without a name; they have been whipped out of the land.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

They were children of fools and villains, which are dead away from the world.

NET Bible

Sons of senseless and nameless people, they were driven out of the land with whips.

New Heart English Bible

They are children of fools, yes, children of base men. They were flogged out of the land.

The Emphasized Bible

Sons of the base, yea sons of the nameless, they were scourged out of the land.

Webster

They were children of fools, yes, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.

World English Bible

They are children of fools, yes, children of base men. They were flogged out of the land.

Youngs Literal Translation

Sons of folly -- even sons without name, They have been smitten from the land.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
of fools
נבל 
Nabal 
Usage: 18

of base men
שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

נכא 
Naka' 
Usage: 1

Context Readings

Job's Final Defense Continued

7 “Among the bushes they cry out;
Under the nettles they are gathered together.
8 Fools, even those without a name,
They were scourged from the land.
9 “And now I have become their taunt,
I have even become a byword to them.


Cross References

2 Kings 8:18

He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of Ahab became his wife; and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

2 Kings 8:27

He walked in the way of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the Lord, like the house of Ahab had done, because he was a 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 counselor to do wickedly.

Job 40:4

“Behold, I am insignificant; what can I reply to You?
I lay my hand on my mouth.

Psalm 15:4

In whose eyes a reprobate is despised,
But who honors those who fear the Lord;
He swears to his own hurt and does not change;

Psalm 49:10-13

For he sees that even wise men die;
The stupid and the senseless alike perish
And leave their wealth to others.

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 1:22

“How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded?
And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing
And fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 16:22

Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it,
But the discipline of fools is folly.

Isaiah 32:6

For a fool speaks nonsense,
And his heart inclines toward wickedness:
To practice ungodliness and to speak error against the Lord,
To keep the hungry person unsatisfied
And to withhold drink from the thirsty.

Jeremiah 7:18

The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods in order to spite Me.

Mark 6:24

And she went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.”

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