King James Version

Job 30:5

They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)

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מִןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.גֵּ֥וgevbackגֵּוnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “back”, the ordinary formH1460the back; by analogy, the middle[phrase] among, back, body.יְגֹרָ֑שׁוּyegorashvdrive awayגָּרַשׁverb, pual, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “drive away”, an unfinished actionH1644to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorcecast up (out), divorced (woman), drive away (forth, out), expel, [idiom] surely put away, trouble, thrust out.יָרִ֥יעוּyarivshoutרוּעַverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “shout”, an unfinished actionH7321to mar (especially by breaking); figuratively, to split the ears (with sound), i.e. shout (for alarm or joy)blow an alarm, cry (alarm, aloud, out), destroy, make a joyful noise, smart, shout (for joy), sound an alarm, triumph.עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹaleymvoaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…כַּגַּנָּֽבkaganavas thiefגַּנָּבpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as thief”, the ordinary formH1590a stealerthief.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

They are driven forth from the midst of men; they cry after them as after a thief.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They are driven forth from the midst of men ; They cry after them as after a thief;

Young’s Literal Translation

From the midst they are cast out, (They shout against them as a thief),

World English Bible

They are driven out from among men. They cry after them as after a thief,

Darby Translation

They are driven forth from among [men] — they cry after them as after a thief —

Douay-Rheims

Who snatched up these things out of the valleys, and when they had found any of them, they ran to them with a cry.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

They are driven forth from the midst of men; they cry after them as after a thief.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thieves have risen up against me,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐπανέστησάν μοι κλέπται,