Job 30:2-4
King James Version
2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?
3 For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
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Job 30:2-4
English Standard Version
2 What could I gain from the strength of their hands,
(A)men whose (B)vigor is gone?
3 Through want and hard hunger
they (C)gnaw (D)the dry ground by night in (E)waste and desolation;
4 they pick saltwort and the leaves of bushes,
and the roots of the broom tree for their food.[a]
Footnotes
- Job 30:4 Or warmth
Job 30:2-4
New American Standard Bible
2 Indeed, what good was the strength of their hands to me?
Vigor had perished from them.
3 From poverty and famine they are gaunt,
They who gnaw at the dry ground by night in waste and desolation,
4 Who pluck saltweed by the bushes,
And whose food is the root of the broom shrub.
Job 30:2-4
New King James Version
2 Indeed, what profit is the strength of their hands to me?
Their vigor has perished.
3 They are gaunt from want and famine,
Fleeing late to the wilderness, desolate and waste,
4 Who pluck [a]mallow by the bushes,
And broom tree roots for their food.
Footnotes
- Job 30:4 A plant of the salty marshes
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