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Job 30:5

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.

They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)

6 To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.

7 Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.

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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.

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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)

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Cross references

  • Daniel 4:25

    That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

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  • Psalms 109:10

    Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.

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  • Daniel 4:32–33

    And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

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  • Genesis 4:12–14

    When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

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