Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Job 30:5

3 Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night.

4 They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.

They were banished from among men, shouted down like thieves,

6 so that they lived on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.

7 They cried out among the shrubs and huddled beneath the nettles.

Read the whole chapter

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
They were banished from among men, shouted down like thieves,
KJV
They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)
WEB
They are driven out from among men. They cry after them as after a thief,
ASV
They are driven forth from the midst [of men]; They cry after them as after a thief;
DARBY
They are driven forth from among [men] they cry after them as after a thief
BLB
From the midst of people they are driven out; they shout at them as [at] a thief.
ÅB
Fra menneskenes samfunn jages de ut; folk roper etter dem som etter tyver.
OTB
De er drevet bort fra samfunnet;
folk roper mot dem som mot en tyv,
B1930
Fra menneskenes samfund jages de ut; folk roper efter dem som efter tyver.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Daniel 4:25

    You will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field. You will feed on grass like an ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.

    Read in context

  • Psalms 109:10

    May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.

    Read in context

  • Daniel 4:32–33

    You will be driven away from mankind to live with the beasts of the field, and you will feed on grass like an ox. And seven times will pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.”

    Read in context

  • Genesis 4:12–14

    When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

    Read in context