Job 30:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּֽנֵי־נָ֭בָל גַּם־בְּנֵ֣י בְלִי־שֵׁ֑ם נִ֝כְּא֗וּ מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ

Transliteration

Sons of nāḇāl even sons of ḇəlî-šēm they are nikkəʾû from the ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

*bənê-nāḇāl*: noun, masculine plural construct with noun - sons of fool/senseless person
*gam-bənê*: adverb with noun, masculine plural construct - even/also sons of
*ḇəlî-šēm*: particle of negation with noun, masculine singular - without name/nameless
*nikkəʾû*: verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person plural - they are beaten/struck/scourged
*min-hā-ʾāreṣ*: preposition with definite article with noun, feminine singular - from the land/earth

Word Meanings

*nāḇāl*: fool/senseless person/godless person
*ḇəlî-šēm*: without name/nameless/infamous
*nikkəʾû*: beaten/struck/scourged/driven out
*ʾāreṣ*: land/earth/country/ground

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 8:18 : 18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
2 Kgs 8:27 : 27 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.
2 Chr 22:3 : 3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
Job 40:4 : 4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
Ps 15:4 : 4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
Ps 49:10-13 : 10 For he seeth{H8799)} that wise men die{H8799)}, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish{H8799)}, and leave{H8804)} their wealth to others. 11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call{H8804)} their lands after their own names. 12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth{H8799)} not: he is like{H8738)} the beasts that perish{H8738)}. 13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve{H8799)} their sayings. Selah.
Prov 1:7 : 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Prov 16:22 : 22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
Isa 32:6 : 6 For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
Jer 7:18 : 18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
Mark 6:24 : 24 And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

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