Job 30:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.”
Job 30:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Job 30:3 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Job 30:3 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Job 30:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“They are gaunt from lack and famine. They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of waste and desolation.”
Job 30:3 — World English Bible
Job 30:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“They are gaunt with want and famine; They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation. ”
Job 30:3 — American Standard Version
Job 30:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“With want and with famine gloomy, Those fleeing to a dry place, Formerly a desolation and waste,”
Job 30:3 — Young's Literal Translation
Job 30:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Withered up through want and hunger, they flee into waste places long since desolate and desert: ”
Job 30:3 — Darby Translation
Job 30:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For pouertie and famine they were solitary, fleeing into the wildernes, which is darke, desolate and waste.”
Job 30:3 — Geneva Bible
Job 30:3 in Context — Job 30
1 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?
3 For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
5 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)
What Does Job 30:3 Mean?
Job 30:3 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 30. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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