Job 30:8
They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 30 connects to 10 cross-references. The contrast with chapter 29 is stark: now Job is mocked by the worthless children of outcasts, abandoned by God who has become his adversary, and left to cry out in pain with no answer. He describes his wasting body …
Other Translations
They arechildren of fools, yea, children of base men; They were scourged out of the land.
Sons of folly--even sons without name, They have been smitten from the land.
They are sons of shame, and of men without a name, who have been forced out of the land.
Cross References
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter …
And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, …
He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to …
For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to …
This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.