NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Who cut upqataph (kaw-taf') to strip off -- crop off, cut down (up), pluck. mallows malluwach (mal-loo'-akh) sea-purslain (from its saltness) -- mallows. by the bushes siyach (see'-akh) a shoot (as if uttered or put forth), i.e. (generally) shrubbery -- bush, plant, shrub. and juniper rethem (reh'-them) the Spanish broom (from its pole-like stems) -- juniper (tree). roots sheresh (sheh'-resh) a root -- bottom, deep, heel, root. for their meat lechem (lekh'-em) food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it) -- (shew-)bread, eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Who pluck mallow by the bushes, And whose food is the root of the broom shrub. King James Bible Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat. Holman Christian Standard Bible They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food. International Standard Version "They would pluck off herbs from salt marshes to eat; and roots of the broom shrub for food. NET Bible By the brush they would gather herbs from the salt marshes, and the root of the broom tree was their food. GOD'S WORD® Translation They pick saltwort from the underbrush, and the roots of the broom plant are their food. King James 2000 Bible Who pick mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their food. Links Job 30:4Job 30:4 NIV Job 30:4 NLT Job 30:4 ESV Job 30:4 NASB Job 30:4 KJV |