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

3Haggard from want and hunger, they gnaw the parched land, in former time desolate and waste. 4In the brush they pluck salt herbs, and their food was from the root of the broom tree. They were banished from society, shouted at as if they were thieves, 6so they were forced to dwell in wadis, in holes of the earth and among the rocks. 7They brayed among the bushes and huddled under the nettles.

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 4:12As often as you work the ground, it will not yield its crops to you again. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.”
• Psalms 109:10Let his children wander and beg and may they search in their ruins.
• Daniel 4:25All this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar.

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

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• Prevent
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• 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