Behold, like wild donkeys in the desert, they go about their work, foraging prey in the desert as food for their children.
Job 30:3 - Tree of Life Version Haggard from want and hunger, they gnaw the parched land, in former time desolate and waste. 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, they go about their work, foraging prey in the desert as food for their children.
Moreover, what use was the strength of their hands to me, since their vigor has gone from them.
In the brush they pluck salt herbs, and their food was from the root of the broom tree.
He was driven away from among men and his mind became like an animal, and his dwelling was with the wild asses; he fed on grass like an ox, and his body was damp with the dew of heaven until he recognized that God Most High is sovereign over the realm of mankind and that He sets up over it whomever He wills.
The world was not worthy of them! They wandered around in deserts and mountains, caves and holes in the ground.