they pick saltwort and the leaves of bushes,
    and the roots of the broom tree for their food.[a]
(A)They are driven out from human company;
    they shout after them as after a thief.
In the gullies of the torrents they must dwell,
    in holes of the earth and of (B)the rocks.

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  1. Job 30:4 Or warmth

In the brush they gathered salt herbs,(A)
    and their food[a] was the root of the broom bush.(B)
They were banished from human society,
    shouted at as if they were thieves.
They were forced to live in the dry stream beds,
    among the rocks and in holes in the ground.(C)

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  1. Job 30:4 Or fuel