Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version In the brush they gathered salt herbs, and their food was the root of the broom bush. New Living Translation They pluck wild greens from among the bushes and eat from the roots of broom trees. English Standard Version they pick saltwort and the leaves of bushes, and the roots of the broom tree for their food. Berean Standard Bible They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food. King James Bible Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat. New King James Version Who pluck mallow by the bushes, And broom tree roots for their food. New American Standard Bible Who pluck saltweed by the bushes, And whose food is the root of the broom shrub. NASB 1995 Who pluck mallow by the bushes, And whose food is the root of the broom shrub. NASB 1977 Who pluck mallow by the bushes, And whose food is the root of the broom shrub. Legacy Standard Bible Who pluck mallow by the bushes, And whose food is the root of the broom tree. Amplified Bible “They pluck [and eat] saltwort (mallows) among the bushes, And their food is the root of the broom shrub. Christian Standard Bible They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food. Holman Christian Standard Bible They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food. American Standard Version They pluck salt-wort by the bushes; And the roots of the broom are their food. Aramaic Bible in Plain English For all strength was lost upon them Brenton Septuagint Translation Who compass the salt places on the sounding shore, who had salt herbs for their food, and were dishonorable and of no repute, in want of every good thing; who also ate roots of trees by reason of great hunger. Contemporary English Version They gather tasteless shrubs for food and firewood, Douay-Rheims Bible And they ate grass, and barks of trees, and the root of junipers was their food. English Revised Version They pluck salt-wort by the bushes; and the roots of the broom are their meat. GOD'S WORD® Translation They pick saltwort from the underbrush, and the roots of the broom plant are their food. Good News Translation They pulled up the plants of the desert and ate them, even the tasteless roots of the broom tree! International Standard Version "They would pluck off herbs from salt marshes to eat; and roots of the broom shrub for food. JPS Tanakh 1917 They pluck salt-wort with wormwood; And the roots of the broom are their food. Literal Standard Version Those cropping mallows near a shrub, | And their food [is] root of broom trees. Majority Standard Bible They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food. New American Bible They plucked saltwort and shrubs; the roots of the broom plant were their food. NET Bible By the brush they would gather herbs from the salt marshes, and the root of the broom tree was their food. New Revised Standard Version they pick mallow and the leaves of bushes, and to warm themselves the roots of broom. New Heart English Bible They pluck salt herbs by the bushes. The roots of the broom are their food. Webster's Bible Translation Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their food. World English Bible They pluck salt herbs by the bushes. The roots of the broom tree are their food. Young's Literal Translation Those cropping mallows near a shrub, And broom-roots is their food. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job's Honor Turned into Contempt…3Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night. 4They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food. 5They were banished from among men, shouted down like thieves,… Cross References 1 Kings 19:4 while he himself traveled on a day's journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. "I have had enough, LORD," he said. "Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers." Job 30:3 Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night. Job 30:5 They were banished from among men, shouted down like thieves, Treasury of Scripture Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat. for their meat 2 Kings 4:38,39 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets… Amos 7:14 Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit: Luke 15:16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. Jump to Previous Broom Brush Brushwood Bushes Cut Food Gather Gathered Herbs Juniper Leaves Making Mallows Meal Meat Pick Pluck Pulling Root Roots Salt Shrub Themselves Tree Warm WormwoodJump to Next Broom Brush Brushwood Bushes Cut Food Gather Gathered Herbs Juniper Leaves Making Mallows Meal Meat Pick Pluck Pulling Root Roots Salt Shrub Themselves Tree Warm WormwoodJob 30 1. Job's honor is turned into extreme contempt15. and his prosperity into calamity Verse 4. - Who cut up mallows by the bushes. One of the plants on which they feed is the malluch, not really a "mallow," but probably the Atriplex halimus which is "a shrub from four to five feet high, with many thick branches; the leaves are rather sour to the taste; the flowers are purple, and very small; it grows on the sea-coast in Greece, Arabia, Syria, etc., and belongs to the natural order Chenopodiace" (see Smith's 'Dict. of the Bible,' vol. 2. p. 215). And juniper roots for their meat. Most moderns regard the rothen as the Genista monosperma, which is a kind of broom. It is a leguminous plant, having a white flower. and grows plentifully in the Sinaitic desert, in Palestine, Syria, and Arabia. The root is very bitter, and would only be used as food under extreme pressure, but the fruit is readily eaten by sheep, and the roots would, no doubt, yield some nourishment (see Dr. Cunningham Geikie's work,' The Holy Land and the Bible,' vol. 1. p. 258). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew They pluckedהַקֹּטְפִ֣ים (haq·qō·ṭə·p̄îm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 6998: To pluck off or out mallow מַלּ֣וּחַ (mal·lū·aḥ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4408: Sea-purslain among עֲלֵי־ (‘ă·lê-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the shrubs, שִׂ֑יחַ (śî·aḥ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7880: A bush, shrub, plant and the roots וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ (wə·šō·reš) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 8328: A root of the broom tree רְתָמִ֣ים (rə·ṯā·mîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 7574: Broom plant, retem were their food. לַחְמָֽם׃ (laḥ·mām) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain Links Job 30:4 NIVJob 30:4 NLT Job 30:4 ESV Job 30:4 NASB Job 30:4 KJV Job 30:4 BibleApps.com Job 30:4 Biblia Paralela Job 30:4 Chinese Bible Job 30:4 French Bible Job 30:4 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 30:4 They pluck salt herbs by the bushes (Jb) |
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