Job 30:1

NETBible

“But now they mock me, those who are younger 1  than I, whose fathers I disdained too much 2  to put with my sheep dogs. 3 

NIV ©

"But now they mock me, men younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs.

NASB ©

"But now those younger than I mock me, Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.

NLT ©

"But now I am mocked by those who are younger than I, by young men whose fathers are not worthy to run with my sheepdogs.

MSG ©

"But no longer. Now I'm the butt of their jokes--young ruffians! whippersnappers!

BBE ©

But now those who are younger than I make sport of me; those whose fathers I would not have put with the dogs of my flocks.

NRSV ©

"But now they make sport of me, those who are younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

NKJV ©

"But now they mock at me, men younger than I, Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.

KJV
But now [they that are] younger
<06810> <03117>
than I have me in derision
<07832> (8804)_,
whose fathers
<01>
I would have disdained
<03988> (8804)
to have set
<07896> (8800)
with the dogs
<03611>
of my flock
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{younger...: Heb. of fewer days than I}
NASB ©
"But now
<6258>
those
<6810>
younger
<6810>
than
<4480>
I mock
<7832>
me, Whose
<834>
fathers
<1>
I disdained
<3988>
to put
<7896>
with the dogs
<3611>
of my flock
<6629>
.
LXXM
nuni
<3570> 
ADV
de
<1161> 
PRT
kategelasan
<2606> 
V-AAI-3P
mou
<1473> 
P-GS
elacistoi {A-NPMS} nun
<3568> 
ADV
nouyetousin
<3560> 
V-PAI-3P
me
<1473> 
P-AS
en
<1722> 
PREP
merei
<3313> 
N-DSN
wn
<3739> 
R-GPM
exoudenoun
<1847> 
V-IAI-1S
paterav
<3962> 
N-APM
autwn
<846> 
D-GPM
ouv
<3739> 
R-APM
ouc
<3364> 
ADV
hghsamhn
<2233> 
V-AMI-1S
einai
<1510> 
V-PAN
axiouv
<514> 
A-APM
kunwn
<2965> 
N-GPF
twn
<3588> 
T-GPF
emwn
<1699> 
A-GPF
nomadwn {N-GPF}
NET [draft] ITL
“But now
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they mock
<07832>
me, those who are younger
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than
<04480>
I, whose
<0834>
fathers
<01>
I disdained
<03988>
too much to put
<07896>
with
<05973>
my sheep
<06629>
dogs
<03611>
.
HEBREW
ynau
<06629>
yblk
<03611>
Me
<05973>
tysl
<07896>
Mtwba
<01>
ytoam
<03988>
rsa
<0834>
Mymyl
<03117>
ynmm
<04480>
Myryeu
<06810>
yle
<05921>
wqxv
<07832>
htew (30:1)
<06258>
NETBible

“But now they mock me, those who are younger 1  than I, whose fathers I disdained too much 2  to put with my sheep dogs. 3 

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “smaller than I for days.”

2 tn Heb “who I disdained their fathers to set…,” meaning “whose fathers I disdained to set.” The relative clause modifies the young fellows who mock; it explains that Job did not think highly enough of them to put them with the dogs. The next verse will explain why.

3 sn Job is mocked by young fellows who come from low extraction. They mocked their elders and their betters. The scorn is strong here – dogs were despised as scavengers.