Behold, like wild donkeys in the desert the poor go out to their toil, seeking game; the wasteland yields food for their children.
Job 30:3 - English Standard Version 2016 Through want and hard hunger they gnaw the dry ground by night in waste and desolation; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 donkeys in the desert the poor go out to their toil, seeking game; the wasteland yields food for their children.
What could I gain from the strength of their hands, men whose vigor is gone?
they pick saltwort and the leaves of bushes, and the roots of the broom tree for their food.
He was driven from among the children of mankind, and his mind was made like that of a beast, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. 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 mankind and sets over it whom he will.
of whom the world was not worthy—wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.