Job 30:5

What does Job 30:5 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 30:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

They are driven forth from the midst of men; They cry after them as after a thief;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

They are driven forth from the midst of men; They cry after them as after a thief;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

They are sent out from among their townsmen, men are crying after them as thieves

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

From the midst they are cast out, (They shout against them as a thief),

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Who snatched up these things out of the valleys, and when they had found any of them, they ran to them with a cry.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

They are driven forth from among [men] — they cry after them as after a thief —

Context

v.4They pluck salt-wort by the bushes; And the roots of the broom are their food.

v.5This passage

v.6So that they dwell in frightful valleys, In holes of the earth and of the rocks.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 4:12

    when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee its strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth.

  • Psalms 109:10

    Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; And let them seek their bread out of their desolate places.

  • Daniel 4:25

    that thou shalt be driven from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and thou shalt be made to eat grass as oxen, and shalt be wet 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.

  • Daniel 4:32

    and thou shalt be driven from men; and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; thou shalt be made 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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