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Job 30:4-6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

4 They plucked saltwort[a] and shrubs;
    the roots of the broom plant were their food.
5 They were banished from the community,
    with an outcry like that against a thief—
6 To dwell on the slopes of the wadies,
    in caves of sand and stone;

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  1. 30:4 Saltwort: found in salt marshes and very sour to the taste; eaten by the extremely poor as a cooked vegetable. Broom plant: the juniper or brushwood; cf. Ps 120:4; a figure of bitterness and poverty, because of its bitter-tasting roots which are practically inedible.
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