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Job 30:4 Cross-References
Explore 3 cross-references for Job 30:4 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 30 verse 4 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.”
Job 30:4 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 30:4
Who cut up mallows by the bushes (הַקֹּטְפִים מַלּוּחַ עֲלֵי־שִׂיחַ)—The participle describes ongoing action: 'plucking' (קֹּטְפִים, qotfim) maluach (מַלּוּחַ, saltbush or orache), a bitter shrub eaten only in desperate hunger. These grew among siach (שִׂיחַ, bushes/scrub). And juniper roots for their meat (וְשֹׁרֶשׁ רְתָמִים לַחְמָם)—The roots of retamim (רְתָמִים, broom tree/juniper) became their 'bread' (לֶחֶם, lechem), an ironic reversal of staff-of-life imagery.The detailed botanical description isn't ornamental—it shows outcasts surviving on plants even animals avoid. Elijah sheltered un...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 30:4
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“but no one gave him any.”
“I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs;,Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:, וַיַּעַן עָמוֹס וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־אֲמַצְיָה לֹא־נָבִיא אָנֹכִי וְלֹא בֶן־נָבִיא אָנֹכִי כִּי־בוֹקֵר אָנֹכִי וּבוֹלֵס שִׁקְמִים׃ ,Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah: I was no prophet”
“Set on the great pot”