| NETBible | By the brush 1 they would gather 2 herbs from the salt marshes, 3 and the root of the broom tree was their food. |
| NIV © |
In the brush they gathered salt herbs, and their food was the root of the broom tree. |
| NASB © |
Who pluck mallow by the bushes, And whose food is the root of the broom shrub. |
| NLT © |
They eat coarse leaves, and they burn the roots of shrubs for heat. |
| MSG © |
Homeless guttersnipes chewing on old bones and licking old tin cans; |
| BBE © |
They are pulling off the salt leaves from the brushwood, and making a meal of roots. |
| NRSV © |
they pick mallow and the leaves of bushes, and to warm themselves the roots of broom. |
| NKJV © |
Who pluck mallow by the bushes, And broom tree roots for their food. |
| KJV | Who cut up <06998> (8801) mallows <04408> by the bushes <07880>_, and juniper <07574> roots <08328> [for] their meat <03899>_. |
| NASB © |
Who pluck <6998> mallow <4408> by the bushes <7880> , And whose food <3899> is the root <8328> of the broom <7574> shrub .<7574> |
| LXXM | oi <3588> T-NPM periklwntev {V-PAPNP} alima {A-NPN} epi <1909> PREP hcounti <2192> V-PAPDS oitinev <3748> RI-NPM alima {A-NPN} hn <1510> V-IAI-3S autwn <846> D-GPM ta <3588> T-APN sita <4621> N-APN atimoi <820> A-NPM de <1161> PRT kai <2532> CONJ pefaulismenoi {V-RMPNP} endeeiv <1729> A-NPM pantov <3956> A-GSM agayou <18> A-GSM oi <3739> R-NPM kai <2532> ADV rizav {N-APF} xulwn <3586> N-GPN emaswnto {V-IMI-3P} upo <5259> PREP limou <3042> N-GSM megalou <3173> A-GSM |
| NET [draft] ITL | By the brush <06998> they would gather herbs <04408> from <05921> the salt marshes <07880> , and the root <08328> of the broom tree <07574> was their food .<03899> |
| HEBREW | Mmxl <03899> Mymtr <07574> srsw <08328> xyv <07880> yle <05921> xwlm <04408> Mypjqh (30:4) <06998> |
| NETBible | By the brush 1 they would gather 2 herbs from the salt marshes, 3 and the root of the broom tree was their food. |
| NET Notes |
1 tn Or “the leaves of bushes” (ESV), a possibility dating back to Saadia and discussed by G. R. Driver and G. B. Gray (Job [ICC], 2:209) in their philological notes. 2 tn Here too the form is the participle with the article. 3 tn Heb “gather mallow,” a plant which grows in salt marshes. |