Job 30:5 “They were banished from among men, shouted at like thieves,”

Job 30:5

They were banished from among men, shouted at like thieves,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)

World English Bible

They are driven out from among men. They cry after them as after a thief,

American Standard Version

They are driven forth from the midst of men; They cry after them as after a thief;

Geneva Bible 1599

They were chased forth from among men: they shouted at them, as at a theefe.

Darby Translation

They are driven forth from among [men] — they cry after them as after a thief —

Young's Literal Translation

From the midst they are cast out, (They shout against them as a thief),

Bible in Basic English

They are sent out from among their townsmen, men are crying after them as thieves

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Cross references

“driven”

Daniel 4:25 Genesis 4:12–14 Psalm 109:10 Daniel 4:32 Daniel 4:33

Daniel 4:25 · BSB

You will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field. You will feed on grass like an ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass you by, until you acknowl…

Genesis 4:12–14 · BSB

When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

Psalm 109:10 · BSB

May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.

Daniel 4:32 · BSB

You will be driven away from mankind to live with the beasts of the field, and you will feed on grass like an ox. And seven times will pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of manki…

Daniel 4:33 · BSB

At that moment the sentence against Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from mankind. He ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew like the feathers of an ea…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.

6so that they lived on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.

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