Job 30:7
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They pleased themselves among these kind of things, and counted it delightful to be under the briers.

brayed

Job 6:5 Will the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or will the ox low when he standeth before a full manger?

Job 11:12 A vain man is lifted up into pride, and thinketh himself born free like a wild ass's colt.

Genesis 16:12 He shall be a wild man: his hand will be against all men, and all men's hands against him: and he shall pitch his tents over against all his brethren.

24:31. Zep.

Job 2:9 And his wife said to him: Dost thou still continue in thy simplicity? bless God and die.

.) Celsius and Scheuchzer are inclined to think it the paliurus, a shrub growing sometimes to a considerable height in desert places. 'One of the inconveniences of the vegetable thickets of Egypt is,' says Denon, 'that it is difficult to remain in them, as nine tenths of the trees and plants are armed with inexorable thorns, which suffer only an unquiet enjoyment of the shadow which is so constantly desirable.')

Context
Job's Honor Turned into Contempt
6They dwelt in the desert places of torrents, and in caves of earth, or upon the gravel. 7They pleased themselves among these kind of things, and counted it delightful to be under the briers.8The children of foolish and base men, and not appearing at all upon the earth.…
Cross References
Job 30:6
They dwelt in the desert places of torrents, and in caves of earth, or upon the gravel.

Job 30:8
The children of foolish and base men, and not appearing at all upon the earth.

Proverbs 24:31
And behold it was all filled with nettles, and thorns had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall was broken down.

Lexicon
They cried out
יִנְהָ֑קוּ (yin·hā·qū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5101: To bray, scream

among
בֵּין־ (bên-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 996: An interval, space between

the shrubs
שִׂיחִ֥ים (śî·ḥîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7880: A bush, shrub, plant

and huddled
יְסֻפָּֽחוּ׃ (yə·sup·pā·ḥū)
Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5596: To join, attach to

beneath
תַּ֖חַת (ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

the nettles.
חָר֣וּל (ḥā·rūl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2738: Pointed, a bramble, other thorny weed


Additional Translations
They cried out among the shrubs and huddled beneath the nettles.Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.

Among the bushes they bray; Under the nettles they are gathered together.

They will cry out among the rustling bushes.

They bray among the bushes; under the brambles they are gathered together:

Among the bushes they bray; under the nettles they are gathered together.

Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were collected.

Among the bushes they bray; and under the nettles they are gathered together.

Among shrubs they do groan, Under nettles they are gathered together.
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