Job 30:4
They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.
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2 Kings 4:38, 39
When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, "Put on the large pot and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets." . . .

Amos 7:14
"I was not a prophet, " Amos replied, "nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees.

Luke 15:16
He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Who pluck mallow by the bushes, And whose food is the root of the broom shrub.

King James Bible
Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.

International Standard Version
"They would pluck off herbs from salt marshes to eat; and roots of the broom shrub for food.

NET Bible
By the brush they would gather herbs from the salt marshes, and the root of the broom tree was their food.
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