Job 30:7

“Among the bushes they brayed, etc.] Like wild asses; so Sephorno, to which wicked men are fitly compared, (<181112>Job 11:12); or they “cried”, or “groaned” f1081, and “moaned” among the bushes, where they lay lurking; either they groaned through cold, or want of food; for the wild ass brays not but when in want, (<180605>Job 6:5); under the nettles they were gathered together; or “under thistles” f1082, as some, or “under thorns”, as f1083 others; under thorn hedges, where they lay either for shelter, or to hide themselves, or to seize upon a prey that might pass by; and so were such sort of persons as in the parable in (<421423>Luke 14:23); it not being usual for nettles to grow so high as…”

“brayed--like the wild ass (Job 6:5 for food). The inarticulate tones of this uncivilized rabble are but little above those of the beast of the field. gathered together--rather, sprinkled here and there. Literally, "poured out," graphically picturing their disorderly mode of encampment, lying up and down behind the thorn bushes. nettles--or brambles [UMBREIT].”

“Among the bushes - Coverdale, “Upon the dry heath went they about crying.” The Hebrew word is the same which occurs in Job 30:4, and means bushes in general. They were heard in the shrubbery that grew in the desert. They brayed - ינהקו yinâhaqû. The Vulgate renders this, “They were concealed.” The Septuagint, “Amidst sweet sounds they cry out.” Noyes, “They utter their cries.” The Hebrew word properly means to “bray.” It occurs only here and in Job 6:5, where it is applied to the ass. The sense here is, that the voices of this vagrant and wretched multitude was heard in the desert like the braying of asses. Under the nettles - Dr. Good, “Under the briers.” Prof. Lee, “Beneath the…”

“Brayed - Like the wild asses, for hunger or thirst. Thorns - Under which they hide themselves, that they might not be discovered when they are sought out for justice. Job 30:10”

“brayed: Job 6:5, Job 11:12; Gen 16:12 the nettles: Charul probably denotes some kind of briar or bramble, so Vulgate renders it by spina or sentis, ( Pro 24:31. Zep 2:9). Celsius and Scheuchzer are inclined to think it the paliurus, a shrub growing sometimes to a considerable height in desert places. "One of the inconveniences of the vegetable thickets of Egypt is," says Denon, "that it is difficult to remain in them, as nine tenths of the trees and plants are armed with inexorable thorns, which suffer only an unquiet enjoyment of the shadow which is so constantly desirable. Job 30:8”