Job 30:1

“But now they laugh at me, those younger than I in days, whose fathers I despised to put with the dogs of my flock.”

Job 30:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 30:1, word by word

they laughשָׂחֲקוּsachaku

mock

To mock someone.

Where else “sachaku” appears
those youngerצְעִירִיםtseirim

younger

The youngest.

Where else “tseirim” appears
in daysיָמִיםyamim

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

Where else “yamim” appears
fathersאֲבוֹתָavota

forefather

Ancestors, those who came before in the family.

Where else “avota” appears
I despisedמָאַסְתִּיmaasti

reject

To regard something or someone as worthless and put it away.

Where else “maasti” appears
to putשִׁיתshit

put

To station something somewhere; sow enmity.

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the dogsכַּלְבֵיkalve

dog

An animal that roams the city and eats what it finds, even carrion.

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of my flockצֹאנִtsoni

flock

A flock of sheep and goats.

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The context

1 · This verse (above)

2Even the strength of their hands, what use was it to me? In them full maturity had perished.

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