Job 30:4 Hebrew Word Analysis

0Who cut upהַקֹּטְפִ֣יםh6998
1mallowsמַלּ֣וּחַh4408
2עֲלֵיh5921
3by the bushesשִׂ֑יחַh7880
4rootsוְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁh8328
5and juniperרְתָמִ֣יםh7574
6for their meatלַחְמָֽם׃h3899

Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.

American Standard Version (ASV)

They pluck salt-wort by the bushes; And the roots of the broom are their food.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

They are pulling off the salt leaves from the brushwood, and making a meal of roots.

Darby English Bible (DBY)

They gather the salt-wort among the bushes, and the roots of the broom for their food.

Webster's Bible (WBT)

Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their food.

World English Bible (WEB)

They pluck salt herbs by the bushes. The roots of the broom are their food.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Those cropping mallows near a shrub, And broom-roots `is' their food.