Job 30:8 | JFB | STEP | 8. fools-- that is, the impious and abandoned ( ). base-- nameless, low-born rabble. viler than, &c.-- rather, they were driven or beaten out of the land. The Horites in Mount Seir ( with which compare , ; , 22) were probably the aborigines, driven out by the tribe to which Job's ancestors belonged; their name means troglodytæ, or "dwellers in caves." To these Job alludes here ( , and , which compare together).

‏ Job 30:8

8. fools--that is, the impious and abandoned (1Sa 25:25).

base--nameless, low-born rabble.

viler than, &c.--rather, they were driven or beaten out of the land. The Horites in Mount Seir (Ge 14:6 with which compare Ge 36:20, 21; De 2:12, 22) were probably the aborigines, driven out by the tribe to which Job's ancestors belonged; their name means troglodytæ, or "dwellers in caves." To these Job alludes here (Job 30:1-8, and Ge 24:4-8, which compare together).