Job 30:1

Hebrew
ESV
“But now they laugh at me, men who are younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
NIV
“But now they mock me, men younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs.
NLT
“But now I am mocked by people younger than I, by young men whose fathers are not worthy to run with my sheepdogs.
LXX
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greek

δέ is a conjunction that can mean “but” or “and” or “also” or “moreover”. It is a word that is used very frequently in the New Testament, and is often unexpressed and not translated in English.
κατεγέλασάν μου ἐλάχιστοι νῦν νουθετοῦσίν με ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν

greek

Preposition meaning “in”.
μέρει ὧν ἐξουδένουν πατέρας αὐτῶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός

greek

Meaning

* He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same

Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament.

Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English)
οὓς οὐχ ἡγησάμην εἶναιplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί

greek

εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”).

It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g.
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greek

The definite article
ἐμῶν νομάδων
KJV
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

Job 29:25 ← Job 30:1 → Job 30:2

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