Job 30:2-4

New International Version

²Of what use was the strength of their hands to me,
    since their vigor had gone from them?
³Haggard from want and hunger,
    they roamed^[a] the parched land^(A)
    in desolate wastelands^(B) at night.^(C)
⁴In the brush they gathered salt herbs,^(D)
    and their food^[b] was the root of the broom bush.^(E)

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Job 30:3 Or gnawed
Job 30:4 Or fuel

Job 30:2-4

New King James Version

²Indeed, what profit is the strength of their hands to me?
Their vigor has perished.
³They are gaunt from want and famine,
Fleeing late to the wilderness, desolate and waste,
⁴Who pluck ^[a]mallow by the bushes,
And broom tree roots for their food.

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Job 30:4 A plant of the salty marshes

Job 30:2-4

King James Version

²Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?

³For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.

⁴Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.

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Job 30:2-4

English Standard Version

²What could I gain from the strength of their hands,
    ^(A)men whose ^(B)vigor is gone?
³Through want and hard hunger
    they ^(C)gnaw ^(D)the dry ground by night in ^(E)waste and desolation;
⁴they pick saltwort and the leaves of bushes,
    and the roots of the broom tree for their food.^[a]

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Job 30:4 Or warmth

Job 30:2-4

New American Standard Bible

²Indeed, what good was the strength of their hands to me?
Vigor had perished from them.
³From poverty and famine they are gaunt,
They who gnaw at the dry ground by night in waste and desolation,
⁴Who pluck saltweed by the bushes,
And whose food is the root of the broom shrub.

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