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Job 30:4

Job 30:4
Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

Who cut up mallows by the bushes,.... Which with the Troglodytes were of a vast size (r); or rather "upon the bush" (s)…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Who cut up mallows - For the purpose of eating. Mallows are common medicinal plants, famous for their emollient or…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 30:1-14

Here Job makes a very large and sad complaint of the great disgrace he had fallen into, from the height of honour and…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

by the bushes i. e. besideor among the bushes. The "mallows" or "salt-wort" which they pluck as food is found among the…

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