richmahn_en_tn/job/30/04.md

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# Connecting Statement:
Job continues to talk about the fathers of the mockers.
# saltwort ... bushes' leaves ... the roots of the broom tree
These are plants that people would eat only if they could find nothing better.
# the roots of the broom tree were their food
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.