CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Job 30:5 They were banished from among men, shouted down like thieves,</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/job/30-5.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/new9.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><meta property="og:image" content="https://biblehub.com/visuals/10/18_Job_30_05.jpg" /><meta property="og:title" content="Job 30:5 - Job's Honor Turned into Contempt" /><meta property="og:site_name" content="Bible Hub" /><meta property="og:description" content="They were banished from among men, shouted down like thieves," /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/vmenus/job/30-5.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc/job/30-5.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/job/">Job</a> > <a href="/job/30.htm">Chapter 30</a> > Verse 5</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad5.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/job/30-4.htm" title="Job 30:4">◄</a> Job 30:5 <a href="/job/30-6.htm" title="Job 30:6">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse"> <a href="#audio" class="clickchap2" title="Context and Audio Bible"> Audio </a> <a href="#crossref" class="clickchap2" title="Cross References"> Cross </a> <a href="#study" class="clickchap2" title="Study Bible"> Study </a> <a href="#commentary" class="clickchap2" title="Commentary"> Comm </a> <a href="#lexicon" class="clickchap2" title="Lexicon"> Heb </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/job/30.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/job/30.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />They were banished from human society, shouted at as if they were thieves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/30.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />They are driven from human society, and people shout at them as if they were thieves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/30.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />They are driven out from human company; they shout after them as after a thief.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/30.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />They were banished from among men, shouted at like thieves,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/30.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />They were driven forth from among <i>men</i>, (they cried after them as <i>after</i> a thief;)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/30.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />They were driven out from among <i>men,</i> They shouted at them as <i>at</i> a thief.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/30.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“They are driven from the community; They shout against them as <i>against</i> a thief,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/30.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220They are driven from the community; They shout against them as against a thief,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/30.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“They are driven from the community; They shout against them as <i>against</i> a thief,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/30.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />They are driven from the community; They shout against them as <i>against</i> a thief,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/30.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“They are driven from the community; They shout after them as after a thief.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/30.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They were banished from human society; people shouted at them as if they were thieves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/30.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They were expelled from human society; people shouted at them as if they were thieves. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/30.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />They are driven forth from the midst of men; They cry after them as after a thief;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/30.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and they are run out of towns, as though they were thieves. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/30.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />They are driven forth from the midst of men; they cry after them as after a thief.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/30.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They are driven from the community. People shout at them in the same way they shout at thieves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/30.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Everyone drove them away with shouts, as if they were shouting at thieves. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/30.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Driven away from human company, they were shouted at as though they were thieves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/30.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />They were banished from among men, shouted at like thieves,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/30.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They were banished from the community--people shouted at them like they would shout at thieves--<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/30.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They are driven out from the midst of men. They cry after them as after a thief;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/30.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them, as after a thief;)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/30.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They are driven out from among men. They cry after them as after a thief, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/30.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />They are cast out from the midst "" (They shout against them as a thief),<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/30.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> From the midst they are cast out, (They shout against them as a thief),<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/30.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />They shall be driven forth from the midst, they shall cry after them as a thief:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/30.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Who snatched up these things out of the valleys, and when they had found any of them, they ran to them with a cry. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/30.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />They took these things from the steep valleys, and when they discovered one of these things, they rushed to the others with a cry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/30.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They were banished from the community, with an outcry like that against a thief— <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/30.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />They are driven out from society; people shout after them as after a thief.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/30.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />They were forced by bare necessities, like a thief swept off his feet,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/30.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And with force he will seek for them like a thief with the strength of a torrent<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/30.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />They are driven forth from the midst of men; They cry after them as after a thief.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/30.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thieves have risen up against me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/30-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=4420" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/30.htm">Job's Honor Turned into Contempt</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1644.htm" title="1644: yə·ḡō·rā·šū (V-Pual-Imperf-3mp) -- To drive out, cast out. A primitive root; to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce.">They were banished</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/1460.htm" title="1460: gêw (N-ms) -- The back, the middle. From ga'ah; the back; by analogy, the middle.">among men,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7321.htm" title="7321: yā·rî·‘ū (V-Hifil-Imperf-3mp) -- To raise a shout, give a blast. A primitive root; to mar; figuratively, to split the ears, i.e. Shout.">shouted</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lê·mōw (Prep:: 3mp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">down</a> <a href="/hebrew/1590.htm" title="1590: kag·gan·nāḇ (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- A thief. From ganab; a stealer.">like thieves,</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>so that they lived on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/35-15.htm">Psalm 35:15-16</a></span><br />But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing. / Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3</a></span><br />He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-14.htm">Lamentations 3:14</a></span><br />I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/20-7.htm">Jeremiah 20:7</a></span><br />You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/69-12.htm">Psalm 69:12</a></span><br />Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/30-14.htm">Proverbs 30:14</a></span><br />there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/49-7.htm">Isaiah 49:7</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/44-13.htm">Psalm 44:13-14</a></span><br />You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us. / You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/27-39.htm">Matthew 27:39-44</a></span><br />And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads / and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!” / In the same way, the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked Him, saying, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/15-29.htm">Mark 15:29-32</a></span><br />And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, / come down from the cross and save Yourself!” / In the same way, the chief priests and scribes mocked Him among themselves, saying, “He saved others, but He cannot save Himself! ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/23-35.htm">Luke 23:35-39</a></span><br />The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.” / The soldiers also mocked Him and came up to offer Him sour wine. / “If You are the King of the Jews,” they said, “save Yourself!” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-18.htm">John 15:18-20</a></span><br />If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. / If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. / Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-13.htm">1 Corinthians 4:13</a></span><br />when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-36.htm">Hebrews 11:36-38</a></span><br />Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. / They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated. / The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-23.htm">1 Peter 2:23</a></span><br />When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)</p><p class="hdg">driven</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/4-12.htm">Genesis 4:12-14</a></b></br> When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/109-10.htm">Psalm 109:10</a></b></br> Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek <i>their bread</i> also out of their desolate places.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/4-25.htm">Daniel 4:25,32,33</a></b></br> That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/20-8.htm">Banished</a> <a href="/job/29-24.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/31-18.htm">Community</a> <a href="/job/29-12.htm">Cried</a> <a href="/job/27-9.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/job/29-12.htm">Crying</a> <a href="/job/20-8.htm">Driven</a> <a href="/esther/10-3.htm">Fellow</a> <a href="/job/29-7.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/job/21-21.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/job/21-12.htm">Shout</a> <a href="/esther/8-15.htm">Shouted</a> <a href="/job/24-15.htm">Thief</a> <a href="/genesis/31-39.htm">Thieves</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-26.htm">Townsmen</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/11-12.htm">Banished</a> <a href="/job/30-11.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-20.htm">Community</a> <a href="/job/30-28.htm">Cried</a> <a href="/job/30-7.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/job/30-28.htm">Crying</a> <a href="/job/30-8.htm">Driven</a> <a href="/job/41-17.htm">Fellow</a> <a href="/job/30-12.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/job/30-14.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/job/38-7.htm">Shout</a> <a href="/job/38-7.htm">Shouted</a> <a href="/psalms/50-18.htm">Thief</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-23.htm">Thieves</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-27.htm">Townsmen</a><div class="vheading2">Job 30</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/30-1.htm">Job's honor is turned into extreme contempt</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/30-15.htm">and his prosperity into calamity</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/30.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/30.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>They were banished from among men</b><br>This phrase reflects the social ostracism experienced by the individuals described. In the context of the Book of Job, Job is lamenting his current state and comparing it to the respect he once had. The "they" refers to those who are marginalized and cast out from society. Biblically, being banished or cast out is a recurring theme, seen in the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden (<a href="/genesis/3-23.htm">Genesis 3:23-24</a>) and Cain's punishment (<a href="/genesis/4-12.htm">Genesis 4:12-14</a>). This reflects the severe consequences of sin or perceived unworthiness in ancient cultures. In Job's lament, he identifies with these outcasts, highlighting his fall from grace and the reversal of his fortunes.<p><b>shouted at like thieves</b><br>This phrase indicates the contempt and suspicion directed towards these individuals. In ancient times, thieves were often publicly shamed and subjected to harsh treatment, as seen in the laws of <a href="/exodus/22.htm">Exodus 22:1-4</a>, which prescribe restitution and punishment for theft. The public shouting suggests a communal rejection and a stripping away of dignity. Job's comparison to thieves underscores his profound sense of injustice and alienation, as he feels wrongfully accused and treated as a criminal despite his righteousness. This echoes the treatment of Jesus Christ, who was also unjustly accused and mocked (<a href="/matthew/27-38.htm">Matthew 27:38-44</a>), drawing a parallel between Job's suffering and the ultimate suffering servant.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure in the Book of Job, a man of great faith and integrity who undergoes severe trials and suffering.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_outcasts.htm">The Outcasts</a></b><br>The individuals described in <a href="/job/30-5.htm">Job 30:5</a>, who are marginalized and rejected by society.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/u/uz.htm">Uz</a></b><br>The land where Job lived, often associated with the region east of Israel, possibly in Edom or northern Arabia.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_friends.htm">Job's Friends</a></b><br>Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, who attempt to explain Job's suffering through traditional wisdom but fail to understand God's purposes.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>The overarching theme of the Book of Job, highlighting God's ultimate control and wisdom beyond human understanding.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_rejection.htm">Understanding Rejection</a></b><br>Recognize that being marginalized or rejected by society does not equate to being rejected by God. Job's experience teaches us that God's perspective is different from human judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/empathy_for_the_outcast.htm">Empathy for the Outcast</a></b><br>As Christians, we are called to show compassion and understanding to those who are marginalized, reflecting Christ's love for the least of these.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/perseverance_in_trials.htm">Perseverance in Trials</a></b><br>Job's account encourages us to remain steadfast in faith, even when we face unjust treatment or misunderstanding from others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_wisdom.htm">God's Sovereignty and Wisdom</a></b><br>Trust in God's greater plan and wisdom, even when circumstances seem unfair or incomprehensible.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_suffering.htm">Hope in Suffering</a></b><br>Like Job, we can find hope in God's ultimate justice and restoration, knowing that our current sufferings are not the end of the account.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_30.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 30</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_people_live_on_'saltwort'_and_'juniper'.htm">Job 30:3-5 - Is there any historical or scientific record of people actually living off 'saltwort' and 'juniper roots,' or is this purely metaphorical language?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/job_30_1__how_is_job_taunted_by_younger_men.htm">Job 30:1 - How can we reconcile the claim that Job is taunted by men 'younger than he' with any historical or archaeological evidence of his social status or age?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_'nameless_outcasts'_in_job's_era.htm">Job 30:8 - Do we have evidence of entire groups of 'nameless outcasts' in the Near East during Job's era, or is this an exaggerated literary trope?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_suffering_exist_if_god_is_loving.htm">How can suffering exist with a loving, omnipotent God?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/30.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">They were driven forth from among men</span>. Weak races retreat before strong ones, who occupy their lands, and whose will they do not dare to dispute. They are not intentionally "driven out," for the strong raecs would gladly make them their drudges; but they retire into the most inaccessible regions, as the primitive population has done in India and elsewhere. They cried after them as after a thief. Outcast tribes naturally, and almost necessarily, become robber-tribes. Deprived of their productive lands, and driven into rocky deserts, want makes them thieves and marauders. Then those who have made them what they are vilify and decry them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/30-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">They were banished</span><br /><span class="heb">יְגֹרָ֑שׁוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ḡō·rā·šū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1644.htm">Strong's 1644: </a> </span><span class="str2">To drive out from a, possession, to expatriate, divorce</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="heb">מִן־</span> <span class="translit">(min-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">among [men],</span><br /><span class="heb">גֵּ֥ו</span> <span class="translit">(gêw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1460.htm">Strong's 1460: </a> </span><span class="str2">The back, the middle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shouted</span><br /><span class="heb">יָרִ֥יעוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·rî·‘ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7321.htm">Strong's 7321: </a> </span><span class="str2">To mar, to split the ears, shout</span><br /><br /><span class="word">down</span><br /><span class="heb">עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·lê·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like thieves,</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּגַּנָּֽב׃</span> <span class="translit">(kag·gan·nāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1590.htm">Strong's 1590: </a> </span><span class="str2">A stealer</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/30-5.htm">Job 30:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/30-5.htm">Job 30:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/30-5.htm">Job 30:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/30-5.htm">Job 30:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/30-5.htm">Job 30:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/30-5.htm">Job 30:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/30-5.htm">Job 30:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/30-5.htm">Job 30:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/30-5.htm">Job 30:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/30-5.htm">Job 30:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/30-5.htm">OT Poetry: Job 30:5 They are driven out from the midst (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/30-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 30:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 30:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/30-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 30:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 30:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>