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Job 30:3-5
New International Version
Job 30:3-5
New International Version
Job 30:3-5
King James Version
Job 30:3-5
King James Version
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.
5 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)
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Job 30:3-5
New American Standard Bible
Job 30:3-5
New American Standard Bible
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.
5 They are driven from the community;
They shout against them as against a thief,
Job 30:3-5
English Standard Version
Job 30:3-5
English Standard Version
3 Through want and hard hunger
they (A)gnaw (B)the dry ground by night in (C)waste and desolation;
4 they pick saltwort and the leaves of bushes,
and the roots of the broom tree for their food.[a]
5 (D)They are driven out from human company;
they shout after them as after a thief.
Footnotes
- Job 30:4 Or warmth
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