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# Connecting Statement:
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Job continues to talk about the fathers of the mockers.
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# saltwort ... bushes' leaves ... the roots of the broom tree
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These are plants that people would eat only if they could find nothing better.
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# the roots of the broom tree were their food
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Possible meanings are 1) the people ate the roots of the broom tree or 2) the people warmed themselves by burning the roots of broom trees.
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# They were driven out from among people who shouted after them as ... a thief
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The phrase "were driven out" means "were forced to leave." These phrases can be reordered and stated in active form. Alternate translation: "The people shouted after them as ... a thief and forced them to leave" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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