KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Job 30:4 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Who cut up” | הַקֹּטְפִ֣ים | To strip off | cut up |
| “mallows” | מַלּ֣וּחַ | Sea-purslain (from its saltness) | mallows |
| “by” | עֲלֵי | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | by |
| “the bushes,” | שִׂ֑יחַ | A shoot (as if uttered or put forth), i.e., (generally) shrubbery | bushes |
| “and juniper” | רְתָמִ֣ים | The Spanish broom (from its pole-like stems) | juniper |
| “roots” | וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ | A root (literally or figuratively) | roots |
| “for” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “their meat.” | לַחְמָֽם׃ | Food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it) | meat |
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2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?
3 For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
5 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)
6 To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.
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