Job 30:7

What does Job 30:7 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 30:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Among the bushes they bray; Under the nettles they are gathered together.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Among the bushes they bray; Under the nettles they are gathered together.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

They make noises like asses among the brushwood; they get together under the thorns.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Among shrubs they do groan, Under nettles they are gathered together.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

They pleased themselves among these kind of things, and counted it delightful to be under the briers.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

They bray among the bushes; under the brambles they are gathered together:

Context

v.6So that they dwell in frightful valleys, In holes of the earth and of the rocks.

v.7This passage

v.8They arechildren of fools, yea, children of base men; They were scourged out of the land.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 16:12

    And he shall be as a wild ass among men; his hand shall be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his brethren.

  • Job 6:5

    Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?

  • Job 11:12

    But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born as a wild ass’s colt.

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