Job 30:5

They were banished from the community ¹  – people ²  shouted at them like they would shout at thieves ³  –

biblegateway Job 30:5

They were banished from their fellow-men, shouted at as if they were thieves.

biblegateway Job 30:5

"They are driven from the community; They shout against them as against a thief,

biblegateway Job 30:5

They are driven from civilization, and people shout after them as if they were thieves.

biblegateway Job 30:5

Outcasts from the community, cursed as dangerous delinquents.

SABDAweb Job 30:5

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

bibleoremus Job 30:5

They are driven out from society; people shout after them as after a thief.

biblegateway Job 30:5

They were driven out from among men , They shouted at them as at a thief.

biblegateway Job 30:5

They were banished from the community ¹  – people ²  shouted at them like they would shout at thieves ³  –

¹ tn The word גֵּו (gev) is an Aramaic term meaning “midst,” indicating “midst [of society].” But there is also a Phoenician word that means “community” (DISO 48).

² tn The form simply is the plural verb, but it means those who drove them from society.

³ tn The text merely says “as thieves,” but it obviously compares the poor to the thieves.