OLD TESTAMENT

Job 30:1

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“But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I considered unworthy to put with my sheep dogs.

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Verse 1. Flock, to watch over them. Sanchez. Calmet.—I had so little confidence in them, ( Bible.) or they were so very mean. Calmet.—They were not as well fed as my dogs. Nicetas.—Job does not speak this out of contempt, as he was affable to all. But this proverbial expression denotes how vile these people were. Menochius.—Even the most contemptible, and such as were not fit to have the care of dogs, derided him. Worthington.

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