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Job 30:1

King James Version (KJV)

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Job 30:1

Verse 1 of 31

Scripture focus

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 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 30:1

Theological / Devotional

But now. This is one of the most touching chapters in the book. In it Job pictures the contrast between his present and former condition.

That are younger. It seems that in Job’s district there lived a vile and debased people, regarded as thieves by their neighbors, who saw in Job’s calamities an opportunity to insult a member of a superior group. These people were so inferior and corrupt that they were held in lower esteem than the sheep dogs. The Orientals could scarcely use language that would express greater contempt of anyone than to call him a dog (see Deut. 23:18; 1 Sam. 17:43; 24:14; 2 Sam 3:8; 9:8; 16:9; 2 Kings 8:13).

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