Job 30:3
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"From wantבְּחֶ֥סֶר
(be·che·ser)
2639: want, povertyfrom chaser
and famineוּבְכָפָ֗ן
(u·ve·cha·fan)
3720: hunger, faminefrom kaphan
they are gauntגַּ֫לְמ֥וּד
(gal·mud)
1565: hard, barrenprobably from galam
Who gnawהַֽעֹרְקִ֥ים
(ha·'o·re·kim)
6207: to gnawa prim. root
the dryצִיָּ֑ה
(tzi·yah;)
6723: dryness, droughtfrom an unused word
ground by nightאֶ֝֗מֶשׁ
(e·mesh)
570: yesterdayof uncertain derivation
in waste 
 
7724b: devastation, ruin, wastefrom an unused word
and desolation,וּמְשֹׁאָֽה׃
(u·me·sho·'ah.)
4875: desolationfrom the same as sho


















KJV Lexicon
For want
checer  (kheh'-ler)
lack; hence, destitution -- poverty, want.
and famine
kaphan  (kaw-fawn')
hunger (as making to stoop with emptiness and pain) -- famine.
they were solitary
galmuwd  (gal-mood')
sterile (as wrapped up too hard); figuratively, desolate -- desolate, solitary.
fleeing
'araq  (aw-rak')
to gnaw, i.e. (figuratively) eat (by hyberbole); also (participle) a pain -- fleeing, sinew.
into the wilderness
tsiyah  (tsee-yaw')
aridity; concretely, a desert -- barren, drought, dry (land, place), solitary place, wilderness.
in former time
'emesh  (eh'-mesh)
former time, yesterday(-night)
desolate
show'  (sho)
a tempest; by implication, devastation -- desolate(-ion), destroy, destruction, storm, wasteness.
and waste
mshow'ah  (meh-o-aw')
(a) ruin, abstractly (the act) or concretely (the wreck) -- desolation, waste.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"From want and famine they are gaunt Who gnaw the dry ground by night in waste and desolation,

King James Bible
For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Emaciated from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, the desolate wasteland by night.

International Standard Version
Unproductive due to poverty and hunger, they could only scratch in parched soil, devastated and desolated.

NET Bible
gaunt with want and hunger, they would gnaw the parched land, in former time desolate and waste.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Shriveled up from need and hunger, they gnaw at the dry and barren ground during the night.

King James 2000 Bible
From want and famine they are gaunt; fleeing of late into the wilderness, desolate and waste.
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