Job 30:8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 30:8-10

Job 30:8-10. They were children of fools, &c. They were children of base, obscure parents; viler than the earth upon which they trod. Houbigant translates the verse: Foolish men and inglorious, they were driven out of the country in which they lived. And now am I their song The matter of their song and derision. They now rejoice in my calamities, because I formerly used my authority to punish such vagrants. They flee far from me In contempt of my person, and loathing of my sores; ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 30:1-31

Past glory; present humiliation (29:1-30:31)Since the three friends have nothing more to say, Job proceeds to show that in the past he had indeed tried to fear God and avoid wrongdoing. So close was his fellowship with God in those days that he could call it friendship (29:1-4). He was blessed with family happiness and prosperity (5-6). He was one of the city elders and was highly respected by the whole community (7-10).Most rulers were corrupt, favouring the rich and oppressing the poor, but... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 30:8

Children = sons. viler than the earth = smitten or scourged out of the land. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 30:8

Job 30:8. They were children of fools— Foolish men and inglorious, they were driven out of the country in which they lived. Job 30:9. But now, I am become their song, &c. Houb. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 30:8

8. fools—that is, the impious and abandoned (1 Samuel 25:25). base—nameless, low-born rabble. viler than, c.—rather, they were driven or beaten out of the land. The Horites in Mount Seir (Genesis 14:6 with which compare Genesis 36:20 Genesis 36:21; Deuteronomy 2:12; Deuteronomy 2:22) were probably the aborigines, driven out by the tribe to which Job's ancestors belonged; their name means troglodytæ, or "dwellers in caves." To these Job alludes here (Job 30:1-8; Genesis 24:4-8, which compare... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 30:1-31

Job’s present misery ch. 30"Chapter 29 speaks of what the Lord gave to Job and chapter 30 speaks of what the Lord took away (cf. Job 1:21)." [Note: Zuck, Job, p. 129.] Job was presently without respect (Job 30:1-15), disregarded (Job 30:16-23), and despondent (Job 30:24-31). He had formerly enjoyed the respect of the most respectable, but now he experienced the contempt of the most contemptible (Job 30:1-15; cf. Job 29:8; cf. Job 29:21-25). [Note: Andersen, p. 235.] "The lengthy description of... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 30:1-31

Job’s Present MiseryJob bitterly contrasts his present with his past condition, as described in Job 29. It must be borne in mind that Job was now outcast and beggared.1-8. Job complains that he is insulted by abject outcasts, the class of broken men who are expelled from respectable tribes and live by thieving. They are common E. of Jordan in the nomadic regions.2b. RV ’Men in whom ripe age’ (or vigour) ’is perished.’3. Solitary] RV ’gaunt.’Flying, etc.] render, ’Fugitives in the desert on the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 30:8

(8) They were viler than the earth.—Rather, They are scourged out of the land, or are outcasts from the land. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 30:1-31

Job 30:15-16 This sickness brought him so near to the gates of death, and he saw the grave so ready to devour him, that he would often say, his recovery was supernatural. And then, being with his eldest daughter, Mrs. Harvey, at Abury Hatch in Essex, he there fell into a fever, which, with the help of his constant infirmity vapours from the spleen hastened him into so visible a consumption, that his beholders might say of him, as St. Paul of himself, 'I die daily,' and he might say with Job,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Job 30:1-31

XXIV.AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KINGJob 29:1-25; Job 30:1-31; Job 31:1-40Job SPEAKSFROM the pain and desolation to which he has become inured as a pitiable second state of existence, Job looks back to the years of prosperity and health which in long succession he once enjoyed. This parable or review of the past ends his contention. Honour and blessedness are apparently denied him forever. With what has been he compares his present misery and proceeds to a bold and noble vindication of his character... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 30:8-10

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 30:1-31

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 30:8

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 30:8

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 30:8

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 30:1-31

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 30:1-31

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 30:8

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 30:1-31

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Job 30:1-31

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