Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Sons of senseless and nameless people, they were driven out of the land with whips.
New American Standard Bible
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
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.
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
Shem
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 30:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense Continued
7 They brayed like animals among the bushes and were huddled together under the nettles. 8 Sons of senseless and nameless people, they were driven out of the land with whips. 9 "And now I have become their taunt song; I have become a byword among them.
Phrases
Cross References
2 Kings 8:18
He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel, just as Ahab's dynasty had done, for he married Ahab's daughter. He did evil in the sight of the Lord.
2 Kings 8:27
He followed in the footsteps of Ahab's dynasty and did evil in the sight of the Lord, like Ahab's dynasty, for he was related to Ahab's family.
2 Chronicles 22:3
He followed in the footsteps of Ahab's dynasty, for his mother gave him evil advice.
Job 40:4
"Indeed, I am completely unworthy -- how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself.
Psalm 15:4
He despises a reprobate, but honors the Lord's loyal followers. He makes firm commitments and does not renege on his promise.
Psalm 49:10-13
Surely one sees that even wise people die; fools and spiritually insensitive people all pass away and leave their wealth to others.
Proverbs 1:7
Fearing the Lord is the beginning of moral knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:22
"How long will you simpletons love naivet?? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 16:22
Insight is like a life-giving fountain to the one who possesses it, but folly leads to the discipline of fools.
Isaiah 32:6
For a fool speaks disgraceful things; his mind plans out sinful deeds. He commits godless deeds and says misleading things about the Lord; he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite and gives the thirsty nothing to drink.
Jeremiah 7:18
Children are gathering firewood, fathers are building fires with it, and women are mixing dough to bake cakes to offer to the goddess they call the Queen of Heaven. They are also pouring out drink offerings to other gods. They seem to do all this just to trouble me.
Mark 6:24
So she went out and said to her mother, "What should I ask for?" Her mother said, "The head of John the baptizer."