Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.
The verse belongs to the closing portion of the book, chapters 28 to 42, where Job is still defending himself. That defense is made by one who knows he has committed no open sins against God. He is earnest and anxious for God to manifest Himself to him.
In this place the language is poetic description of contemptible outcasts who now mock Job, making animal-like cries among the bushes and huddling together under the nettles. As such poetry within Job's argument about suffering, it does not teach that every afflicted person is under God's displeasure.
The verse belongs to the closing portion of the book, chapters 28 to 42, where Job is still defending himself. That defense is made by one who knows he has committed no open sins against God. He is earnest and anxious for God to manifest Himself to him.
In this place the language is poetic description of contemptible outcasts who now mock Job, making animal-like cries among the bushes and huddling together under the nettles. As such poetry within Job's argument about suffering, it does not teach that every afflicted person is under God's displeasure.