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Job 30:8
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KJ21
They were children of fools, yea, children of base men; they were viler than the earth.
ASV
They are children of fools, yea, children of base men; They were scourged out of the land.
AMP
“They are the sons of [worthless and nameless] fools, They have been driven out of the land.
AMPC
Sons of the worthless and nameless, they have been scourged and crushed out of the land.
BRG
They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
CSB
Foolish men, without even a name. They were forced to leave the land.
CSBA
Foolish men, without even a name. They were forced to leave the land.
CEB
children of fools and the nameless, whipped out of the land.
CJB
irresponsible nobodies driven from the land.
CEV
And like senseless donkeys they are chased away.
DARBY
Sons of fools, and sons of nameless sires, they are driven out of the land.
DRA
The children of foolish and base men, and not appearing at all upon the earth.
ERV
They are a bunch of worthless people without names, who were forced to leave their country.
EASY
They were foolish people that nobody respected. People chased them away from their land.
EHV
Sons of fools and nameless nobodies, they were driven out of the land with whips.
ESV
A senseless, a nameless brood, they have been whipped out of the land.
ESVUK
A senseless, a nameless brood, they have been whipped out of the land.
EXB
They are ·worthless people without names [disreputable children of fools] and were ·forced to leave the land [L whipped off the land/earth].
GNV
They were the children of fools, and the children of villains, which were more vile than the earth.
GW
Godless fools and worthless people are forced out of the land with whips.
GNT
A worthless bunch of nameless nobodies! They were driven out of the land.
HCSB
Foolish men, without even a name. They were forced to leave the land.
ICB
They are worthless people without names. They were forced to leave the land.
ISV
Sons of fools and of uncertain reputation, they have been driven from the land by scourging.”
JUB
They were sons of fools and men without names; they were lower than the earth.
KJV
They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
AKJV
They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
LSB
Wicked fools, even those without a name, They were scourged from the land.
LEB
A senseless crowd, yes, a disreputable brood, they were cast out from the land.
TLB
These sons of theirs have also turned out to be fools, yes, children of no name, outcasts of civilization.
MSG
“But no longer. Now I’m the butt of their jokes— young thugs! whippersnappers! Why, I considered their fathers mere inexperienced pups. But they are worse than dogs—good for nothing, stray, mangy animals, Half-starved, scavenging the back alleys, howling at the moon; Homeless ragamuffins chewing on old bones and licking old tin cans; Outcasts from the community, cursed as dangerous delinquents. Nobody would put up with them; they were driven from the neighborhood. You could hear them out there at the edge of town, yelping and barking, huddled in junkyards, A gang of beggars and no-names, thrown out on their ears.
MEV
They were children of fools, yes, children of vile men; they were scourged from the earth.
NOG
Godless fools and worthless people are forced out of the land with whips.
NABRE
Irresponsible, of no account, they were driven out of the land.
NASB
Worthless fellows, even those without a name, They were cast out from the land.
NASB1995
“Fools, even those without a name, They were scourged from the land.
NCB
They are a vile and irresponsible brood, driven as outcasts from society.
NCV
They are worthless people without names and were forced to leave the land.
NET
Sons of senseless and nameless people, they were driven out of the land with whips.
NIRV
They were so foolish that no one respected them. They were driven out of the land.
NIV
A base and nameless brood, they were driven out of the land.
NIVUK
A base and nameless brood, they were driven out of the land.
NKJV
They were sons of fools, Yes, sons of vile men; They were scourged from the land.
NLV
They are fools and they have no name. They have been driven out of the land.
NLT
They are nameless fools, outcasts from society.
NRSVA
A senseless, disreputable brood, they have been whipped out of the land.
NRSVACE
A senseless, disreputable brood, they have been whipped out of the land.
NRSVCE
A senseless, disreputable brood, they have been whipped out of the land.
NRSVUE
A senseless, disreputable brood, they have been whipped out of the land.
OJB
They were bnei naval, yea, sons of base men; they were driven forth out of ha’aretz.
RGT
“They were the children of fools, and the children of villains, who were scourged from the Earth.
RSV
A senseless, a disreputable brood, they have been whipped out of the land.
RSVCE
A senseless, a disreputable brood, they have been whipped out of the land.
TLV
A senseless and nameless brood, they were cast out from the land.
VOICE
Fools and sons of no-names, driven by lashes out from the bosom of the land.
WEB
They are children of fools, yes, children of wicked men. They were flogged out of the land.
WYC
These were the sons of fools, and of unnoble men, and utterly appearing not on [the] earth. (They were the sons of fools, and of unnoble men, and were soon driven out of the land.)
YLT
Sons of folly -- even sons without name, They have been smitten from the land.
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