Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

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

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

They were expelled from human society;
people shouted at them as if they were thieves.

International Standard Version

Driven away from human company, they were shouted at as though they were thieves.

A Conservative Version

They are driven forth from the midst [of men]. They cry out 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;

Amplified


“They are driven from the community;
They shout after them as after a thief.

Darby Translation

They are driven forth from among men they cry after them as after a thief --

Julia Smith Translation

They shall be driven forth from the midst, they shall cry after them as a thief:

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

They were driven out from fellow people; they shout at them as [at] a thief,

Modern King James verseion

They are driven forth from the midst; they cried against them as a thief.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And when they were driven forth, men cried after them, as it had been after a thief.

NET Bible

They were banished from the community -- people shouted at them like they would shout at thieves --

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

Out of the midst, were they driven, men shouted after them, as after a thief;

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
גּו 
Gev 
Usage: 7

רוּע 
Ruwa` 
Usage: 45

References

Fausets

Job

Context Readings

Job's Final Defense Continued

4 They are pulling off the salt leaves from the brushwood, and making a meal of roots. 5 They are sent out from among their townsmen, men are crying after them as thieves 6 They have to get a resting-place in the hollows of the valleys, in holes of the earth and rocks.

Cross References

Genesis 4:12-14

No longer will the earth give you her fruit as the reward of your work; you will be a wanderer in flight over the earth.

Psalm 109:10

Let his children be wanderers, looking to others for their food; let them be sent away from the company of their friends.

Daniel 4:25

That they will send you out from among men, to be with the beasts of the field; they will give you grass for your food like the oxen, and you will be wet with the dew of heaven, and seven times will go by you, till you are certain that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and gives it to any man at his pleasure.

Daniel 4:32-33

And they will send you out from among men, to be with the beasts of the field; they will give you grass for your food like the oxen, and seven times will go by you, till you are certain that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and gives it to any man at his pleasure.

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