Job 30:3–4
For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
For want and famine they were ‖solitarie: flying into the wildernesse †in former time desolate and waste:
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, darke as the night.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. yesternight.
Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
Who cut vp mallowes by the bushes, and Iuniper rootes for their meate.
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From verse 3
5Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
5Behold, as wilde asses in the desart, goe they foorth to their worke, rising betimes for a pray: the wildernes yeeldeth food for them, and for their children.
- Hebrews 11:38Rank 2 from verse 3
- Job 24:13–16Rank 3 from verse 3
13They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
14The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
13They are of those that rebell against the light, they know not the wayes thereof, nor abide in the pathes thereof.
14The murderer rising with the light, killeth the poore and needy, and in the night is as a thiefe.
15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and †disguiseth his face.
16In the darke they digge through houses which they had marked for themselues in the day time: they know not the light.
From verse 4
- Luke 15:16Rank 1 from verse 4
- 2 Kings 4:38–39Rank 2 from verse 4
38¶ And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.
39And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.
38¶ And Elisha came againe to Gilgal, and there was a dearth in the land, and the sonnes of the Prophets were sitting before him: and hee said vnto his seruant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sonnes of the Prophets.
39And one went out into the field to gather herbes, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wilde gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.
14¶ Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
14¶ Then answered Amos, and sayde to Amaziah; I was no Prophet, neither was I a Prophets sonne, but I was an heardman, and a gatherer of ‖Sycomore fruit.
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Job 30:3
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Absence, lack, need, poverty, or insufficiency of what is required; to lack, be without, need, or come short of it.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
Living alone; not having company.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Running or hastening away.
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wilderness
Uncultivated, desolate, sparsely inhabited, or uninhabited land; a desert, wild country, or solitary region.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
1. Of a place or land, left empty, uninhabited, waste, ruined, barren, or without former use and fruitfulness. 2. Of a person or people, bereft, forsaken, solitary, or left without help, comfort, family, or support. 3. As a verb, to make empty, waste, ruined, or bereft.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604
Sense 1: Desolate, ruined, devastated, or uncultivated. Sense 2: Ruin, desolation, or needless loss. Sense 3: To consume, devour, destroy, ravage, or desolate.
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Job 30:4
Sense 1: To divide, sever, remove, or wound with a sharp instrument. Sense 2: Figuratively, to grieve deeply or bring to an end.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Shrubs or clusters of shrubs.
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A tree or shrub bearing berries of a bluish color, of a warm, pungent, sweet taste, yielding.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: The underground parts by which plants are fixed and nourished. Sense 2: Figuratively, origins, causes, or established bases.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Sense 1: Food, nourishment, sustenance, or provision. Sense 2: Figuratively, that which nourishes or sustains.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references
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2Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?
2Yea whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom olde age was perished?
3For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
3For want and famine they were ‖solitarie: flying into the wildernesse †in former time desolate and waste:
Selected passage4Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
4Who cut vp mallowes by the bushes, and Iuniper rootes for their meate.
Selected passage5They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)
5They were driuen foorth from among men, (they cried after them, as after a thiefe.)