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.
Parallel translations
- WEB “But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs.
- BSB “But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.
- NKJV “But now they mock at me, men younger than I, Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.
- NASB “But now those who are younger than I mock me, Whose fathers I refused to put with the dogs of my flock.
- NLT “But now I am mocked by people younger than I, by young men whose fathers are not worthy to run with my sheepdogs.
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Quick answer
Now, Job laments, even worthless young men whose fathers he despised mock him.
Overview
With a sharp 'but now,' Job turns from his honored past to his humiliating present. Those he would not have trusted even with his sheep dogs now deride him, a complete reversal of his former esteem. This bitter contrast voices the depth of his suffering and the public shame that compounded his losses.
Cross-references & the web
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- Job 12:4I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
- Luke 23:35And 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.
- Ps 69:12They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
- Ps 35:15–16But 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:
- 2 Kgs 2:23And he went up from thence unto Bethel: 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.
- Isa 3:5And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
- Mark 14:65And 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.
- Job 19:13–19He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
- Acts 17:5But 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.
- Titus 1:12One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
- Luke 23:18And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
- Mark 15:17–20And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head,
- Job 29:8–10The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
- Luke 23:39And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
- Luke 23:14Said 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:
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