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Gill's Exposition
Who cut up mallows by the bushes,.... Which with the Troglodytes were of a vast size (r); or rather "upon the bush" (s) or "tree"; and therefore cannot mean what we call mallows, which are herbs on…
Barnes' Notes
Who cut up mallows - For the purpose of eating. Mallows are common medicinal plants, famous for their emollient or softening properties, and the size and brilliancy of their flowers. It is not…
Here Job makes a very large and sad complaint of the great disgrace he had fallen into, from the height of honour and reputation, which was exceedingly grievous and cutting to such an ingenuous spirit…
Cambridge Bible
by the bushes i. e. besideor among the bushes. The "mallows" or "salt-wort" which they pluck as food is found among the bushes, which cover it from the heat and drought, and under the shadow of which…