What does Job 30:8 mean?

Job 30:8 highlights themes such as rejection, shame, humility when read in context.

How should I apply Job 30:8 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.

6To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.

7Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.

8They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.

9And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

10They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.

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1 Corinthians 1:27
God chooses the foolish things of the world, contrasting Job's view of the base men.
Matthew 5:11
Jesus speaks about being reviled and rejected, similar to Job's experience.
Isaiah 53:3
Both Job and Jesus were despised and rejected by men.