Behold, like wild asses in the desert they go forth to their toil, seeking prey in the wilderness as food for their children.
Job 30:3 - Revised Standard Version Through want and hard hunger they gnaw the dry and desolate ground; Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For want and famine they were solitary; Fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They are gaunt with want and famine; they gnaw the dry and barren ground or flee into the wilderness, into the gloom of wasteness and desolation. American Standard Version (1901) They are gaunt with want and famine; They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation. Common English Bible Stiff from want and hunger, those who gnaw dry ground, yesterday’s desolate waste, Catholic Public Domain Version They were barren from poverty and hunger; they gnawed in solitude, layered with misfortune and misery. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Barren with want and hunger, they gnawed in the wilderness: disfigured with calamity and misery. |
Behold, like wild asses in the desert they go forth to their toil, seeking prey in the wilderness as food for their children.
What could I gain from the strength of their hands, men whose vigor is gone?
they pick mallow and the leaves of bushes, and to warm themselves the roots of the broom.
he was driven from among men, and his mind was made like that of a beast, and his dwelling was with the wild asses; he was fed grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, until he knew that the Most High God rules the kingdom of men, and sets over it whom he will.
of whom the world was not worthy—wandering over deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.