Job 30:1 | NET2full | STEP | “But now they mock me, those who are younger than I, whose fathers I disdained too much to put with my sheep dogs .

‏ Job 30:1

Job’s Present Misery

1 “But now they mock me, those who are younger ^{▼▼tn Heb “smaller than I for days.”} than I,
whose fathers I disdained too much ^{▼▼tn Heb “who I disdained their fathers to set…,” meaning “whose fathers I disdained to set.” The relative clause modifies the young fellows who mock; it explains that Job did not think highly enough of them to put them with the dogs. The next verse will explain why.}
to put with my sheep dogs. ^{▼▼sn Job is mocked by young fellows who come from low extraction. They mocked their elders and their betters. The scorn is strong here—dogs were despised as scavengers.}