Parallel Verses

NET Bible

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

Bible in Basic English

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

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.

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 By the brush they would gather herbs from the salt marshes, and the root of the broom tree was their food. 5 They were banished from the community -- people shouted at them like they would shout at thieves -- 6 so that they had to live in the dry stream beds, in the holes of the ground, and among the rocks.

Cross References

Genesis 4:12-14

When you try to cultivate the ground it will no longer yield its best for you. You will be a homeless wanderer on the earth."

Psalm 109:10

May his children roam around begging, asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home!

Daniel 4:25

You will be driven from human society, and you will live with the wild animals. You will be fed grass like oxen, and you will become damp with the dew of the sky. Seven periods of time will pass by for you, before you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.

Daniel 4:32-33

You will be driven from human society, and you will live with the wild animals. You will be fed grass like oxen, and seven periods of time will pass by for you before you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes."

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