King James Version

Job 30:8

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

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בְּֽנֵיbenesonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […נָ֭בָלnavalfoolנָבָלadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “fool”, the ordinary formH5036stupid; wicked (especially impious)fool(-ish, -ish man, -ish woman), vile person.גַּםgamalsoגַּםparticle, affirmation — “also”H1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...andagain, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.בְּנֵ֣יbenesonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […בְלִיvelinotבְּלִיparticle, negative — “not”H1097properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.corruption, ig(norantly), for lack of, where no...is, so that no, none, not, un(awares), without.שֵׁ֑םshemfameשֵׁםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “fame”, the ordinary formH8034an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character[phrase] base, (in-) fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.נִ֝כְּא֗וּnikvbe vilerנָכָאverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be viler”, a completed actionH5217to smite, i.e. drive awaybe viler.מִןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.הָאָֽרֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

They are children of churls, yea, children of ignoble men; they were scourged out of the land.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They are children of fools, yea, children of base men; They were scourged out of the land.

Young’s Literal Translation

Sons of folly — even sons without name, They have been smitten from the land.

World English Bible

They are children of fools, yes, children of wicked men. They were flogged out of the land.

Darby Translation

Sons of fools, and sons of nameless sires, they are driven out of the land.

Douay-Rheims

The children of foolish and base men, and not appearing at all upon the earth.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

They are children of churls, yea, children of ignoble men; they were scourged out of the land.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They are sons of fools and vile men, whose name and glory are quenched from off the earth.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀφρόνων υἱοὶ καὶ ἀτίμων, ὄνομα καὶ κλέος ἐσβεσμένον ἀπὸ γῆς.