Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleGaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night. Young's Literal Translation With want and with famine gloomy, Those fleeing to a dry place, Formerly a desolation and waste, King James Bible For want and famine [they were] solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. Hebrew Gauntגַּ֫לְמ֥וּד (gal·mūḏ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 1565: Sterile, desolate from poverty בְּחֶ֥סֶר (bə·ḥe·ser) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2639: Lack, destitution and hunger, וּבְכָפָ֗ן (ū·ḇə·ḵā·p̄ān) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3720: Hunger, famine they gnawed הַֽעֹרְקִ֥ים (ha·‘ō·rə·qîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 6207: To gnaw, eat, a pain the dry land, צִיָּ֑ה (ṣî·yāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6723: Aridity, a desert and the desolate שׁוֹאָ֥ה (šō·w·’āh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 7722: A tempest, devastation wasteland וּמְשֹׁאָֽה׃ (ū·mə·šō·’āh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4875: Desolation by night. אֶ֝֗מֶשׁ (’e·meš) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 570: Yesterday, last night |