Verse 4

Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their food.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  De plukker bitter urt mellom buskene; ginstbuskernes røtter er deres eneste føde i nød.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Der plukket de malurt ved buskene, og røttene av gyvel var deres mat.

• Norsk King James

  De plukket malva fra buskene og kuttet einerøtter til sine måltider.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  de som river opp urter ved en busk, og røttene fra enertrær er deres mat,

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  De plukker maltetkraft på buskene, og rødder av gyvel er deres mat.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  De plukket ville planter ved buskene og spiste røttene fra einerbusken.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  De sanket malver ved buskene og einerøtter til føde.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  De plukket ville planter ved buskene og spiste røttene fra einerbusken.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  De plukker mallow blant busker, og røttene av bramser er deres mat.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They pluck salt herbs from the bush, and the roots of broom trees are their food.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Job.30.4", "source": "הַקֹּטְפִ֣ים מַלּ֣וּחַ עֲלֵי־שִׂ֑יחַ וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ רְתָמִ֣ים לַחְמָֽם", "text": "The *qōṭəp̄îm* *mallûaḥ* upon *śîaḥ* and *šōreš* *rəṯāmîm* their *laḥmām*", "grammar": { "*ha-qōṭəp̄îm*": "definite article with verb, qal participle, masculine plural - the ones plucking/gathering", "*mallûaḥ*": "noun, masculine singular - mallow/salt herb", "*ʿălê-śîaḥ*": "preposition with noun, masculine singular - upon bush/shrub", "*wə-šōreš*": "conjunction with noun, masculine singular construct - and root of", "*rəṯāmîm*": "noun, masculine plural - broom trees/juniper", "*laḥmām*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their bread/food" }, "variants": { "*qōṭəp̄îm*": "plucking/gathering/picking", "*mallûaḥ*": "mallow/salt herb/purslane", "*śîaḥ*": "bush/shrub/plant", "*šōreš*": "root/base/foundation", "*rəṯāmîm*": "broom trees/juniper/retem bushes", "*laḥmām*": "their bread/their food/their sustenance" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  De plukker salturt ved buskene, og røttene av gyvel er deres mat.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  de, som oprykkede Katoste ved en Busk, og Enebærtræers Rødder var deres Brød,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  De plukket ville planter blant buskene og røtter av enertrær for å ha noe å spise.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  De plukker salturter ved buskene, og røttene til gyvel er deres mat.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  De plukker mallow blant busker, og røtter av gyvel er deres mat.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  De plukker salturt blant buskene; og gyvelens røtter er deres mat.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  De plukker saltblader fra kratt og lager mat av røtter.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  pluckynge vp herbes from amonge the bu?shes, & the Iunipers rote was their meate.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  They cut vp nettels by the bushes, & the iuniper rootes was their meate.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Plucking vp nettles among the busshes, and the iuniper rootes for their meate.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots [for] their meat.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  They pluck salt herbs by the bushes. The roots of the broom are their food.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Those cropping mallows near a shrub, And broom-roots `is' their food.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  They pluck salt-wort by the bushes; And the roots of the broom are their food.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  They are pulling off the salt leaves from the brushwood, and making a meal of roots.

• World English Bible (2000)

  They pluck salt herbs by the bushes. The roots of the broom are their food.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  By the brush they would gather herbs from the salt marshes, and the root of the broom tree was their food.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 4:38-39 : 38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets. 39 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered wild gourds, filling his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of stew: for they did not know them.
• Amos 7:14 : 14 Then Amos answered, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit:
• Luke 15:16 : 16 And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the pigs ate: and no one gave him anything.