KJV
ASV
4. They pluck salt-wort by the bushes; And the roots of the broom are their food.
ESV
4. they pick saltwort and the leaves of bushes, and the roots of the broom tree for their food.
ERVEN
4. They pull up salt plants in the desert and eat the roots from the broom tree.
NLT
4. They pluck wild greens from among the bushes and eat from the roots of broom trees.
WEB
4. They pluck salt herbs by the bushes. The roots of the broom are their food.
NET
4. By the brush they would gather herbs from the salt marshes, and the root of the broom tree was their food.
NLV
4. They pick plants that taste of salt among the bushes. And they eat the root of the broom bush.
HCSB
4. They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.
YLT
4. Those cropping mallows near a shrub, And broom-roots [is] their food.
LITV
4. those plucking mallow by the bushes, and broom roots for their food;
RV
4. They pluck salt-wort by the bushes; and the roots of the broom {cf15i are} their meat.
NCV
4. They gathered desert plants among the brush and ate the root of the broom tree.
MKJV
4. those plucking mallows by the bushes, and broom roots for their food.
AKJV
4. Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
LXXEN
4. Who compass the salt places on the sounding shore, who had salt herbs for their food, and were dishonorable and of no repute, in want of every good thing; who also ate roots of trees by reason of great hunger.
KJV
4. Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots [for] their meat.
AMP
4. They pluck saltwort or mallows among the bushes, and roots of the broom for their food or to warm them.
KJVP
4. Who cut up H6998 D-VQPMP mallows H4408 NMS by H5921 PREP the bushes H7880 CMS , and juniper H7574 W-CMS roots H8328 W-CMS [ for ] their meat H3899 L-VQFC-3MP .
YLT
4. Those cropping mallows near a shrub, And broom-roots [is] their food.
ASV
4. They pluck salt-wort by the bushes; And the roots of the broom are their food.
WEB
4. They pluck salt herbs by the bushes. The roots of the broom are their food.
NASB
4. They plucked saltwort and shrubs; the roots of the broom plant were their food.
ESV
4. they pick saltwort and the leaves of bushes, and the roots of the broom tree for their food.
RV
4. They pluck salt-wort by the bushes; and the roots of the broom {cf15i are} their meat.
RSV
4. they pick mallow and the leaves of bushes, and to warm themselves the roots of the broom.
NKJV
4. Who pluck mallow by the bushes, And broom tree roots [for] their food.
MKJV
4. those plucking mallows by the bushes, and broom roots for their food.
AKJV
4. Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
NRSV
4. they pick mallow and the leaves of bushes, and to warm themselves the roots of broom.
NIV
4. In the brush they gathered salt herbs, and their food was the root of the broom tree.
NIRV
4. Among the bushes they gathered salty plants. They ate the roots of desert trees.
NLT
4. They pluck wild greens from among the bushes and eat from the roots of broom trees.
MSG
4. Homeless guttersnipes chewing on old bones and licking old tin cans;
GNB
4. They pulled up the plants of the desert and ate them, even the tasteless roots of the broom tree!
NET
4. By the brush they would gather herbs from the salt marshes, and the root of the broom tree was their food.
ERVEN
4. They pull up salt plants in the desert and eat the roots from the broom tree.