Job 30:3–4
Job 30:3–4 — The New International Version (NIV)
3 Haggard from want and hunger,
they roamed the parched land
in desolate wastelands at night.
4 In the brush they gathered salt herbs,
and their food was the root of the broom bush.
Job 30:3–4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
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.
Job 30:3–4 — New Living Translation (NLT)
3 They are gaunt from poverty and hunger.
They claw the dry ground in desolate wastelands.
4 They pluck wild greens from among the bushes
and eat from the roots of broom trees.
Job 30:3–4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
3 They are gaunt from want and famine,
Fleeing late to the wilderness, desolate and waste,
4 Who pluck mallow by the bushes,
And broom tree roots for their food.
Job 30:3–4 — New Century Version (NCV)
3 They were thin from hunger
and wandered the dry and ruined land at night.
4 They gathered desert plants among the brush
and ate the root of the broom tree.
Job 30:3–4 — American Standard Version (ASV)
3 They are gaunt with want and famine;
They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation.
4 They pluck salt-wort by the bushes;
And the roots of the broom are their food.
Job 30:3–4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
3 Withered up through want and hunger, they flee into waste places long since desolate and desert: 4 They gather the salt-wort among the bushes, and the roots of the broom for their food.
Job 30:3–4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
3 Shriveled up from need and hunger,
they gnaw at the dry and barren ground during the night.
4 They pick saltwort from the underbrush,
and the roots of the broom plant are their food.
Job 30:3–4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
3 Emaciated from poverty and hunger,
they gnawed the dry land,
the desolate wasteland by night.
4 They plucked mallow among the shrubs,
and the roots of the broom tree were their food.
Job 30:3–4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
3 Through want and hard hunger
they gnaw the dry and desolate ground,
4 they pick mallow and the leaves of bushes,
and to warm themselves the roots of broom.
Job 30:3–4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
3 Through want and through barren hunger
they are gnawing in the dry region in the darkness of desolation and waste.
4 They are picking salt herbs, the leaves of bushes,
and the roots of broom trees to warm themselves.
Job 30:3–4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
3 They were weak because they were needy and hungry.
They wandered through dry and empty deserts at night.
4 Among the bushes they gathered salty plants.
They ate the roots of desert trees.
Job 30:3–4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
3 “From want and famine they are gaunt
Who gnaw the dry ground by night in waste and desolation,
4 Who pluck mallow by the bushes,
And whose food is the root of the broom shrub.