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Job 30:1
1 But now they that are younger [tsa`iyr] [yowm] than I have me in
derision [sachaq], whose fathers ['ab] I would have disdained [ma'ac] to have set [shiyth] with
the dogs [keleb] of my flock [tso'n]. KJV-Interlinear
1 'But now those younger than I
mock me, Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock. NASB
For all of the good which Job did for others, there
was still a class of people for whom Job could do no good.
They are the dregs of society. They are arrogant and lazy, untrustworthy and
unreliable. Of these, Job could not even
entrust the lowest of jobs within his organization.
And, as people are higher on the hierarchy of
important creatures, higher than dogs, Job implies or describes their value as
less that the dogs of his flocks, or the worst of his flock animals. And here he refers to the dogs (I am sure
Job owned Australian Shepherds ), which were used by the shepherds when they
tended Jobs flocks, herds and so forth.
These unscrupulous folks were not to be trusted. They hated Job when he was wealthy, and they
cheered when hard times fell all over Job.
They had no wisdom in life with which to guide their own lives, and
certainly had no wisdom with which to deal with other people, yet they are a
class of people who think highly of themselves, even in the face of having
nothing in life of their own, to show for themselves.
The youngsters of their families followed the attitude
of their parents. Parents derided Job
and their children took up or echoed, the same ridicule of there parents. Stupid leads and stupid follows. All are compared to dogs, or the lack of a
reliable ability to even care for dogs.
All of these folks are said to be younger, therefore
they should know better. They should
have been raised with manners and respect for their elders, yet they lacked
even these very simple skills of courtesy.
Short on wisdom, yet long on opinion.
Such is the nature of gossips and slanderers, and those who would be self-appointed
experts, demonstrating their ineptness toward, and uselessness in, life.
By their own attitudes of hostility toward someone who
never brought harm to them, but whose only crime (in their minds) was to enjoy
blessing from God, they demonstrate their own flaws, which are those of a
wasted and empty life.
Now is the time to post a prayer.
End Of Lesson
Study to show thyself approved (mature) unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing (studying/discerning), the Word of truth.
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