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They were banished from the community[a]
people[b] shouted at them
as they would shout at thieves[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 30:5 tn The word גֵּו (gev) is an Aramaic term meaning “midst,” indicating “midst [of society].” But there is also a Phoenician word that means “community” (DISO 48).
  2. Job 30:5 tn The form simply is the plural verb, but it means those who drove them from society.
  3. Job 30:5 tn The text merely says “as thieves,” but it obviously compares the poor to the thieves.

They were banished from human society,
    shouted at as if they were thieves.

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