Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 30:8

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

Either 1. the genuine Children of foolish Parents, their Children not only by Birth, but by Imitation; as they onely are esteemed the children of Abraham, who do the works of Abraham, Iohn 8. 39. Or 2. Fools, by a common Hebraism, as the sons of men are put for men, and the children of wisdom, for wise men, &c.

Heb. men without name, i. e. without any degree of Credit or Reputation; as men of name is put for renowned persons, Gen. 6. 4.

Which we tread and spit upon, and are not willing to touch.

Marginal references: Heb. [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 word].