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They bray like donkeys[a] among the bushes
    and huddle together under the desert weeds.
Sons of fools and of uncertain reputation,[b]
    they have been driven from the land by scourging.”

Job Presents the Actions of the Mockers

“Now, I’ve become the object of their mocking melodies;[c]
    I’m nothing but a fool’s proverb to them!

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Footnotes

  1. Job 30:7 The Heb. lacks like donkeys
  2. Job 30:8 Or and without a name
  3. Job 30:9 Lit. their neginnoth; i.e. derogatory songs composed to mock Job

They brayed(A) among the bushes(B)
    and huddled in the undergrowth.
A base and nameless brood,(C)
    they were driven out of the land.(D)

“And now those young men mock me(E) in song;(F)
    I have become a byword(G) among them.

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