Job 30:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.”
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“They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.”
King James Version · Public Domain“They pluck salt-wort by the bushes; And the roots of the broom are their food.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Those cropping mallows near a shrub, And broom-roots <FI>is<Fi> their food.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 30:4 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 4:38When 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 15:16He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).