Job 30:1

“But now they mock me, those who are younger ¹  than I, whose fathers I disdained too much ²  to put with my sheep dogs. ³ 

"But now they mock me, men younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs.

"But now those younger than I mock me, Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.

"But now I am mocked by those who are younger than I, by young men whose fathers are not worthy to run with my sheepdogs.

"But no longer. Now I'm the butt of their jokes--young ruffians! whippersnappers!

But now those who are younger than I make sport of me; those whose fathers I would not have put with the dogs of my flocks.

"But now they make sport of me, those who are younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

"But now they mock at me, men younger than I, Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.

“But now they mock me, those who are younger ¹  than I, whose fathers I disdained too much ²  to put with my sheep dogs. ³ 

¹ tn Heb “smaller than I for days.”

² tn Heb “who I disdained their fathers to set…,” meaning “whose fathers I disdained to set.” The relative clause modifies the young fellows who mock; it explains that Job did not think highly enough of them to put them with the dogs. The next verse will explain why.

³ sn Job is mocked by young fellows who come from low extraction. They mocked their elders and their betters. The scorn is strong here – dogs were despised as scavengers.