Job 30:5
They are driven from the society of men; There is a cry after them as after a thief.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)
In Context
4They gather purslain among the bushes, And the root of the broom is their bread.
6They dwell in gloomy valleys, In caves of the earth and in rocks.
Cross References
Psalms 109:10May his children be vagabonds and beggars, And from their ruined dwellings seek their bread!
Daniel 4:32And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; they shall make thee eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdoms of men, and giveth them to whomsoever he will.”
Matthew Henry on Job 30:2-15
Job's Humbled Condition. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. 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… Read the whole commentary →