Job 30:2-31

30:3

gaunt <01565> [solitary. or, dark as the night.]

gnaw .... land <06207 06723> [fleeing into.]

former time <0570> [in former time. Heb. yesternight.]

30:4

herbs <04408> [mallows.]

The Hebrew {mallu„ch,} in Arabic, {malluch,} and in Syriac {mallucho,} is probably the [Lalima or Lalimos] of the Greeks, and {halimus} of the Romans, which Dioscorides describes as a kind of bramble, without thorns, the leaves of which are boiled and eaten.

root .... broom tree <08328 07574> [juniper roots.]

The Hebrew {rothem,} in Arabic, {ratim,} and in Spanish, {retama,} most probably signifies the {genista} or broom, which is very abundant in the deserts of Arabia.

food <03899> [for their meat.]

30:5

banished <01644> [driven.]

30:6

live <07931> [dwell.]

holes <02356> [caves. Heb. holes.]

30:7

brayed <05101> [brayed.]

nettles <02738> [the nettles.]

{Charul} probably denotes some kind of briar or bramble: so Vulgate renders it by {spina} or {sentis,} (Pr 24:31. Zep 2:9.) Celsius and Scheuchzer are inclined to think it the {paliurus,} a shrub growing sometimes to a considerable height in desert places. "One of the inconveniences of the vegetable thickets of Egypt is," says Denon, "that it is difficult to remain in them, as nine tenths of the trees and plants are armed with inexorable thorns, which suffer only an unquiet enjoyment of the shadow which is so constantly desirable."

30:8

Sons ...... people <01121> [children.]

senseless <05036> [fools.]

nameless <08034> [base men. Heb. men of no name. viler.]

30:9

taunt song <05058> [am I.]

30:10

detest me ..... distance <08581 07368> [abhor me.]

me ..... distance <07368> [flee far.]

hesitate ... spit .... face <07536 06440 02820> [spare not to spit in my face. Heb. withhold not spittle from my face.]

30:11

untied <06605> [loosed.]

throw off <07971> [let loose.]

30:12

rise up <06965> [rise.]

build up <05549> [they raise up.]

30:13

succeed <03276> [they set forward.]

30:14

wide <07342> [as a wide.]

30:15

Terrors <01091> [Terrors.]

honor <05082> [soul. Heb. principal one. as a cloud.]

30:16

soul <05315> [my soul.]

take hold <0270> [have taken hold.]

30:17

bones <06106> [My bones.]

Night <03915> [in the night season.]

30:18

<07230> [By the great.]

30:19

He ... flung ..... mud <03384 02563> [cast me.]

dust <06083> [dust.]

30:20

cry out <07768> [I cry.]

30:21

become cruel <0393 02015> [become cruel. Heb. turned to be cruel.]

strength .... hand <03027 06108> [thy strong hand. Heb. the strength of thy hand.]

30:22

pick <05375> [liftest me.]

ride <07392> [to ride.]

<08454> [substance. or, wisdom.]

30:23

bringing <01004> [the house.]

30:24

<01164> [grave. Heb. heap. they cry.]

30:25

wept <01058> [Did not I.]

unfortunate <07186> [in trouble. Heb. hard of day. was.]

30:26

hoped <06960> [When I looked.]

light <0216> [light.]

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30:28

30:29

brother <0251> [a brother.]

ostriches <01323> [owls. or, ostriches.]

{Benoth y„ƒnah,} in Arabic, {bintu n„ƒmatin,} not owls, but ostriches, so called from their doleful and hideous noises. "I have often," says Dr. Shaw, "heard them groan as if they were in the greatest agonies."

30:30

skin <05785> [my skin.]

body <06106> [my bones.]

30:31