Job 30:4 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
Those cropping mallows near a shrub, And broom-roots [is] their food.
English ASV
They pluck salt-wort by the bushes; And the roots of the broom are their food.
English Amplified
They pluck saltwort or mallows among the bushes, and roots of the broom for their food or to warm them.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
They pluck saltwort or mallows among the bushes, and roots of the broom for their food or to warm them.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
They gather the salt-wort among the bushes, and the roots of the broom for their food.
English EASY 2024
They pulled up plants in the desert as their food. They burned the roots of bushes to keep themselves warm.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
They pull up salt plants in the desert and eat the roots from the broom tree.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
they pick saltwort and the leaves of bushes, and the roots of the broom tree for their food.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
They pulled up the plants of the desert and ate them, even the tasteless roots of the broom tree!
English God's Word - GW 1995
They pick saltwort from the underbrush, and the roots of the broom plant are their food.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.
English KJV 1611
Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
English LSB
Who pluck mallow by the bushes, And whose food is the root of the broom tree.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
Who pluck mallow by the bushes, and juniper roots for their food.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
Who pluck mallow by the bushes, And whose food is the root of the broom shrub.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
They plucked saltwort and shrubs; the roots of the broom plant were their food.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
By the brush they would gather herbs from the salt marshes, and the root of the broom tree was their food.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
Among the bushes they gathered salty plants. They ate the roots of desert trees.
English NIV
In the brush they gathered salt herbs, and their food was the root of the broom tree.
English NKJ 1982
Who pluck mallow by the bushes, And broom tree roots for their food.
English NLT
They eat coarse leaves, and they burn the roots of shrubs for heat.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
they pick mallow and the leaves of bushes, and to warm themselves the roots of broom.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
they pick mallow and the leaves of bushes, and to warm themselves the roots of the broom.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
They eat roots and leaves,
English Tyndale 1537
plucking up herbs from among the bushes, and the Junipers root was their meat.