Job

Job 30:1

¹“But now they mock me,

men younger than I am,

whose fathers I would have refused

to put with my sheep dogs.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But now	וְעַתָּ֤ה׀	wə·‘at·tāh	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H6258 now
they mock me	שָֽׂחֲק֣וּ	śā·ḥă·qū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H7832 laugh
men younger	צְעִירִ֥ים	ṣə·‘î·rîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H6810 little, insignificant, young
than I am	מִמֶּ֗נִּי	mim·men·nî	Preposition; first person common singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
whose	אֲשֶׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
fathers	אֲבוֹתָ֑ם	’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H1 father
I would have refused	מָאַ֥סְתִּי	mā·’as·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H3988 reject
to put	לָ֝שִׁ֗ית	lā·šîṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H7896 put, set
with	עִם־	‘im-	Preposition	H5973 with
my sheep	צֹאנִֽי׃	ṣō·nî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H6629 small cattle, sheep and goats, flock, flocks
dogs	כַּלְבֵ֥י	kal·ḇê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H3611 dog

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.