“They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)”
They are driven from the community; men shout after them as if they were thieves, establishing that Job's mockers are social outcasts, actively driven away and pursued with hostility. The driving from community suggests active expulsion from normal society. The shouting as if they were thieves suggests violent rejection, treating them as criminals. The verse emphasizes the shame and exclusion that characterizes the mockers' position in society.
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