Job 30:5

Job 30:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)
• New International Version (NIV)They were banished from human society, shouted at as if they were thieves.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They are driven out from human company; they shout after them as after a thief.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They were driven out from among men, They shouted at them as at a thief.

Context of Job 30:5

3They were weak and thin because they were hungry. They had to look for food in the desert at night. They found roots to eat in dry places. 4They pulled up plants in the desert as their food. They burned the roots of bushes to keep themselves warm. People chased them away from their towns, as if they were shouting at robbers. 6They had to live in dry valleys, among the rocks, or in caves. 7They cried aloud like animals among the bushes. They hid together under the thorn bushes.

Job 30:5 word by word

מִן־גֵּ֥ו יְגֹרָ֑שׁוּ יָרִ֥יעוּ עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ כַּגַּנָּֽב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They were driven forthגָּרַשׁgârash · to drive out: drive outH1644
• from amongגֵּוgêv · midstH1460
• they criedרוּעַrûa‛ · to shoutH7321
• a thiefגַּנָּבgannâb · thiefH1590

Cross-references for Job 30:5

• Genesis 4:12When you work hard to dig the ground, no plants will grow in it for your food. You will travel from place to place. You will not have your own home.’
• Psalms 109:10Cause his children to have no home, so that they go from place to place, and ask people to give them food.
• Daniel 4:25People will chase you away from the city, so that you have to live with the wild animals. You will eat grass like cows do. Dew from the sky will make you wet. You will live in that way for seven years. Then you will understand that the powerful God above rules over human kingdoms. He gives authority to rule to anyone that he chooses.

Commentaries on Job 30:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5They were driven forth - They were persons whom no one would employ; they were driven away from the city; and if any of them appeared, the hue and cry was immediately raised up against them. The last clause Mr. Good translates, "They slunk away from them like a thief," instead of "They cried after them," etc.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5They were driven forth from among men - As vagabonds and outcasts. They were regarded as unfit to live among the civilized and the orderly, and were expelled as nuisances. (They cried after them as after a thief.) - The inhabitants of the place where they lived drove them out with a loud outcry, as if they were thieves and robbers. A class of persons are here described who were mere vagrants and plunderers, and who were not allowed to dwell in civilized…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6They live in scary valleys (wadis), caves (holes), and among rocks. The miserable life of those making fun of Job was like: Israel’s situation under Midianite abuse (Judges 6:2). David’s life when he fled from King Saul (1 Samuel 22:1–2). The prophet Elijah’s life as he waited for the Lord’s instruction (1 Kings 17:3–8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. they cried--that is, "a cry is raised." Expressing the contempt felt for this race by civilized and well-born Arabs. When these wild vagabonds make an incursion on villages, they are driven away, as thieves would be.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 30:5

• Persecution

In the dictionaries

• Cord
• Dissolve
• Prevent
• Profit
• Thief
• Cry, Crying
• Job, Book of

Commentaries on Job 30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary