Job 30 · Verse 1

Job 30:1

But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
Job 30:1, King James Version

Job 30:1 in other translations

BSB“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.
WEB“But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I considered unworthy to put with my sheep dogs.
ASVBut now they that are younger than I have me in derision, Whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
YLTAnd now, laughed at me, Have the younger in days than I, Whose fathers I have loathed to set With the dogs of my flock.
DARBYBut now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
BBEBut 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.
WebsterBut now they that are younger than I, have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

What does Job 30:1 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Job 30:1-31. 1. younger--not the three friends (Job 15:10; 32:4, 6, 7). A general description: Job 30:1-8, the lowness of the persons who derided him; Job 30:9-15, the derision itself. Formerly old men rose to me (Job 29:8). Now not only my juniors, who are bound to reverence me (Le 19:32), but even the mean and base-born actually deride me; opposed to, "smiled upon" (Job 29:24). This goes farther than even the "mockery" of Job by relations and friends (Job 12:4; 16:10, 20; 17:2, 6; 19:22). Orientals feel keenly any indignity shown by the young. Job speaks as a rich Arabian emir, proud of his descent. dogs--regarded with disgust in the East as unclean (1Sa 17:43; Pr 26:11). They are not allowed to enter a house, but run about wild in the open air, living on offal and chance morsels (Psa 59:14, 15). Here again we are reminded of Jesus Christ (Psa 22:16). "Their fathers, my coevals, were so mean and famished that I would not have associated them with (not to say, set them over) my dogs in guarding my flock."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

Job proceeds to lament the change of his former condition, and the contempt into which his adversity had brought him, Job 30:1-15. Pathetically describes the afflictions of his body and mind, vv. 16-31. Verse 1 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision - Compare this with Job 29:8, where he speaks of the respect he had from the youth while in the days of his prosperity. Now he is no longer affluent, and they are no longer respectful. Dogs of my flock - Persons who were not deemed sufficiently respectable to be trusted with the care of those dogs which were the guardians of my flocks. Not confidential enough to be made shepherds, ass-keepers, or camel-drivers; nor even to have the care of the dogs by which the flocks were guarded. This saying is what we call an expression of sovereign contempt.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 30:1-14
Job contrasts his present condition with his former honour and authority. What little cause have men to be ambitious or proud of that which may be so easily lost, and what little confidence is to be put in it! We should not be cast down if we are despised, reviled, and hated by wicked men. We should look to Jesus, who endured the contradiction of sinners.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Job 30:1 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְעַתָּ֤ה\׀ve.'a.Tahand nowH6258
שָֽׂחֲק֣וּsa.cha.Kuthey have laughedH7832
עָלַי֮'a.Laion meH5921
צְעִירִ֥יםtze.'i.Rim[people] youngH6810
מִמֶּ֗נִּיmi.Me.nimore than meH4480
לְיָ֫מִ֥יםle.Ya.Mimto daysH3117
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whomH834
מָאַ֥סְתִּיma.'As.tiI rejectedH3988
אֲבוֹתָ֑ם'a.vo.Tamfathers theirH1
לָ֝שִׁ֗יתla.Shitto putH7896
עִם\־'im-withH5973
כַּלְבֵ֥יkal.Vei[the] dogs ofH3611
צֹאנִֽי\׃tzo.Niflock myH6629

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 30:1

  • Job 12:4

    I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

  • Luke 23:35

    And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.

  • Psalms 35:15-16

    But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not: With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

  • Psalms 69:12

    They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

  • 2 Kings 2:23

    And he went up from thence unto Beth–el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.

  • Job 29:8-10

    The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

  • Acts 17:5

    But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

  • Mark 14:65

    And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.

  • Luke 23:14

    Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:

  • Job 19:13-19

    He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me. My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight. I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth. …

  • Mark 15:17-20

    And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head, And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews! And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him. And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.

  • Luke 23:18

    And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1 Job's honour is turned into extreme contempt;
15 and his prosperity into calamity.

they that are.
19:13-19; 29:8-10; 2Ki 2:23; Isa 3:5
younger than I. Heb. of fewer days than I. whose.
Ps 35:15,16; 69:12; Mr 14:65; 15:17-20; Lu 23:14,18,35,39; Ac 17:5
Tit 1:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 30:1

    But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

  • Job 30:2

    Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?

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Job 30:1 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
MAS ahora los más mozos de días que yo, se ríen de mí; cuyos padres yo desdeñara ponerlos con los perros de mi ganado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et maintenant, ceux qui sont plus jeunes que moi se moquent de moi, ceux dont j’aurais dédaigné de mettre les pères avec les chiens de mon troupeau.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und nun lachen über mich Jüngere als ich an Jahren, deren Väter ich verschmähte, den Hunden meiner Herde beizugesellen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Nunc autem derident me juniores tempore, quorum non dignabar patres ponere cum canibus gregis mei: