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Job 24:8
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Drenched by mountain rains,they huddle against the rocks, shelterless.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for lack of a shelter.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
They are wet with the rain of the mountains and cling to the rock for lack of shelter.
They are soaked from mountain rains and stay near the large rocks because they have no shelter.
They are soaked by mountain rains and huddle in the rocks because they lack shelter.
"They are wet from the mountain rains, And they hug the rock for lack of a shelter.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for lack of a shelter.
They are wet with the showres of the moutaines, and they imbrace the rocke for want of a couering.
They are wet with the mountain rainsAnd hug the rock for want of a shelter.
Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.
and during a storm their only shelters are caves among the rocky cliffs.
wet with mountain rain, and hugging the rock for lack of shelter.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and for want of a shelter embrace the rock …
They are soaked with rain in the mountains. They stay close to the large rocks for shelter. They have no clothes, so they work naked. They carry piles of grain for others, but they go hungry. They press out olive oil and walk on grapes in the winepress, but they have nothing to drink. In the city you can hear the sad sounds of dying people. Those who are hurt cry out for help, but God does not listen. "Some people rebel against the light. They don't know what God wants. They don't live the way he wants. A murderer gets up at dawn and kills poor, helpless people. And at night he becomes a thief. A man who commits adultery waits for the night to come. He thinks, ‘No one will see me,' but still, he covers his face. When it is dark, evil people go out and break into houses. But during the day they lock themselves in their homes to avoid the light. The darkest night is their morning. They are friends with the terrors of darkness. " You say, ‘Evil people are taken away like things carried away in a flood. The land they own is cursed, so no one goes to work in their vineyards. As hot, dry weather melts away the winter snows, so the grave takes away those who have sinned. Their own mothers will forget them. Only the worms will want them. No one will remember them. They will be broken like a rotten stick! These evil people hurt women who have no children to protect them, and they refuse to help widows. By his power God removes the powerful. Even if they have a high position, they cannot be sure of their lives. They might feel safe and secure, but God is watching how they live. They might be successful for a while, but then they will be gone. Like everyone else, they will be cut down like grain.' "I swear these things are true! Who can prove that I lied? Who can show that I am wrong?"
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of shelter.
They are drenched by the rain that falls on the mountains, and they huddle beside the rocks for shelter.
They are wet from the rainstorm of the mountains, and they cling to the rock without refuge.
They are wet with the showers of hills, and embrace the rock for lack of shelter.
So that when the showers in the mountaynes haue rayned vpon them, & they be all wett, they haue none other sucoure, but to kepe them amonge the rockes.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
They are wet with the rain of the mountains, and get into the cracks of the rock for cover.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
They are wet with the showres of the mountaines, and imbrace the rocke for want of a shelter.
They are wet with the showres of the mountaynes, and embrace the rocke for want of a couering.
They are wet with the drops of the mountains: they have embraced the rock, because they had no shelter.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
whiche men the reynes of munteyns weeten, and thei han noon hilyng, and biclippen stoonys.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And huddle around the rock for want of shelter.
They are soaked by mountain showers, and they huddle against the rocks for want of a home.
They are wet with the mountain rains and stay close to the rocks for cover.
They are wet with the rain of the mountains, and cling to the rock for want of shelter.
With the sweeping rain of the mountains, are they wet, and, through having no shelter, they embrace a rock.
Who are wet, with the showers of the mountains, and having no covering embrace the stones.
They are wet with the rain of the mountains, and cling to the rock for want of shelter.
From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge -- have embraced a rock.
"They are wet with the mountain rains And hug the rock for want of a shelter.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
wet: Song of Solomon 5:2
embrace: Lamentations 4:5, Hebrews 11:38
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 24:13 - deliver Psalms 109:10 - General
Cross-References
but you will [instead] go to my [former] country (Mesopotamia) and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac [the heir of the covenant promise]."
Abraham said to him, "See to it that you do not take my son back there!
Then the servant ran to meet her, and said, "Please let me drink a little water from your jar."
So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, and ran again to the well and drew water for all his camels.
"But if her father disapproves of her [making her vow] on the day that he hears about it, none of her vows or her pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand; and the LORD will forgive her because her father has disapproved of her [making the vow].
"But if her husband disapproves of her [making her vow or pledge] on the day that he hears of it, then he shall annul her vow which she is under and the rash statement of her lips by which she bound herself; and the LORD will forgive her.
"This [is what] we will do to them: we will let them live, so that the wrath [of God] does not come upon us for [violating] the oath which we have sworn to them."
"And you will know the truth [regarding salvation], and the truth will set you free [from the penalty of sin]."
And he answered, "Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory [the Shekinah, the radiance of God] appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
They are wet with the showers of the mountains,.... They that are without any clothes to cover them, lying down at the bottom of a hill or mountain, where the clouds often gather, and there break, or the snow at the top of them melts through the heat of the day; and whether by the one or by the other, large streams of water run down the mountains, and the naked poor, or such who are thinly clothed, are all over wet therewith, as Nebuchadnezzar's body was with the dew of heaven, when he was driven from men, and lived among beasts, Daniel 4:33:
and embrace the rock for want of a shelter; or habitation, as the Targum; having no house to dwell in, nor any raiment to cover them, they were glad to get into the hole of a rock, in a cave or den there, and where some good men in former times were obliged to wander,
Hebrews 11:38; and whither mean persons, in the time and country in which Job lived, were driven to dwell in, see Job 30:6.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
They are wet with the showers of the mountains - That is, the poor persons, or the travelers whom they have robbed. Hills collect the clouds, and showers seem to pour down from the mountains. These showers often collect and pour down so suddenly that there is scarcely time to seek a shelter.
And embrace the rock for want of a shelter - Take refuge beneath a projecting rock. The robbers drive them away from their homes, or plunder them of their tents, and leave them to find a shelter from the storm, or at night, beneath a rock. This agrees exactly with what Niebuhr says of the wandering Arabs near mount Sinai: “Those who cannot afford a tent, spread out a cloth upon four or six stakes; and others spread their cloth near a tree, or endeavor to shelter themselves from the heat and the rain in the cavities of the rocks. Reisebeschreib. i. Thes s. 233.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 24:8. They are wet with the showers of the mountains — Mr. Good thinks that torrents, not showers, is the proper translation of the original זרם zerem; but I think showers of the mountain strictly proper. I have seen many of these in mountainous countries, where the tails of water-spouts have been intercepted and broken, and the outpouring of them would be incredible to those who have never witnessed similar phenomena. The rain fell in torrents, and produced torrents on the land, carrying away earth and stones and every thing before them, scooping out great gullies in the sides of the mountains. Mountain torrents are not produced but by such extraordinary outpourings of rain, formed either by water-spouts, or by vast masses of clouds intercepted and broken to pieces by the mountain tops.
And embrace the rock for want of a shelter. — In such cases as that related above, the firm rock is the only shelter which can be found, or safely trusted.
