Job 30:3

Job’s Honor Turned to Contempt

2What use to me was the strength of their hands, since their vigor had left them? 3Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night. 4They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.

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Berean Standard Bible
Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night.
American Standard Version (1901)
They are gaunt with want and famine; They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation.
Bible in Basic English
They are wasted for need of food, biting the dry earth; their only hope of life is in the waste land.
Free Bible Version
Thin through hunger and want, they try to eat the dry ground in the dark, desolate wilderness.
King James (Authorized) Version
For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
Translation for Translators
They were very poor and hungry, with the result that they chewed on roots at night in dry and desolate places.
Unlocked Literal Bible
They were thin from poverty and hunger; they gnawed at the dry ground in the darkness of wilderness and desolation.
Noah Webster Bible
For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
World English Bible
They are gaunt from lack and famine. They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of waste and desolation.
Young's Literal Translation
With want and with famine gloomy, Those fleeing to a dry place, Formerly a desolation and waste,