Job 30:4
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Who pluckהַקֹּטְפִ֣ים
(hak·ko·te·fim)
6998: to pluck off or outa prim. root
mallowמַלּ֣וּחַ
(mal·lu·ach)
4408: mallowfrom the same as melach
by the bushes,שִׂ֑יחַ
(si·ach;)
7880: a bush, shrub, plantfrom an unused word
And whose foodלַחְמָֽם׃
(lach·mam.)
3899: bread, foodfrom lacham
is the rootוְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ
(ve·sho·resh)
8328: a rootfrom an unused word
of the broom shrub.רְתָמִ֣ים
(re·ta·mim)
7574: broom plant, retemfrom ratham


















KJV Lexicon
Who cut up
qataph  (kaw-taf')
to strip off -- crop off, cut down (up), pluck.
mallows
malluwach  (mal-loo'-akh)
sea-purslain (from its saltness) -- mallows.
by the bushes
siyach  (see'-akh)
a shoot (as if uttered or put forth), i.e. (generally) shrubbery -- bush, plant, shrub.
and juniper
rethem  (reh'-them)
the Spanish broom (from its pole-like stems) -- juniper (tree).
roots
sheresh  (sheh'-resh)
a root -- bottom, deep, heel, root.
for their meat
lechem  (lekh'-em)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it) -- (shew-)bread, eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Who pluck mallow by the bushes, And whose food is the root of the broom shrub.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.

International Standard Version
"They would pluck off herbs from salt marshes to eat; and roots of the broom shrub for food.

NET Bible
By the brush they would gather herbs from the salt marshes, and the root of the broom tree was their food.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They pick saltwort from the underbrush, and the roots of the broom plant are their food.

King James 2000 Bible
Who pick mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their food.
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