Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Job 30:3
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Berean Standard Bible
Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night.
King James Version
For want and famine [they were] solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
World English Bible
They are gaunt from lack and famine. They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of waste and desolation.
American Standard Version
They are gaunt with want and famine; They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Job 30
2 What use to me was the strength of their hands, since their vigor had left them?
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.
5 They were banished from among men, shouted at like thieves,
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