Job 30:5
Out of the midst, were they driven, men shouted after them, as after a thief;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)
In Context
4Who used to pluck off the mallow by the bushes, with the root of the broom for their food;
6In the fissures, of the ravines had they to dwell, in holes of dust and crags;
Cross References
Psalms 109:10Let his children, wander about, and beg, Let them be driven out of their ruins;
Daniel 4:32And, from among men, are they going to drive, thee, forth, and, with the wild beast of the field, shall be thy dwelling, grass—like oxen, will they suffer, thee, to eat, and, seven seasons, shall pass over thee,—until that thou come to know that the Most High, hath dominion, over the kingdom of men, and, to whomsoever he pleaseth, he giveth it.
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 →