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Job 30:6

So now they live in frightening ravines, in caves and among the rocks.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Persecution;   Thompson Chain Reference - Job;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Rocks;   Valleys;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Horites or Horim;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hori;   Job;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Job, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Rock;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Paronomasia ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ut;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cave;   Cleft;   Rock;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They are living on the slopes of the wadis,among the rocks and in holes in the ground.
Hebrew Names Version
So that they dwell in frightful valleys, And in holes of the eretz and of the rocks.
King James Version
To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.
English Standard Version
In the gullies of the torrents they must dwell, in holes of the earth and of the rocks.
New Century Version
They lived in dried-up streambeds, in caves, and among the rocks.
New English Translation
so that they had to live in the dry stream beds, in the holes of the ground, and among the rocks.
Amplified Bible
"They must dwell on the slopes of wadis And in holes in the ground and in rocks.
New American Standard Bible
So that they live on the slopes of ravines, In holes in the ground and among the rocks.
World English Bible
So that they dwell in frightful valleys, And in holes of the earth and of the rocks.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therfore they dwelt in the clefts of riuers, in the holes of the earth and rockes.
Legacy Standard Bible
So that they dwell in the slopes of the valleys,In holes of the dust and of the rocks.
Berean Standard Bible
so that they lived on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.
Contemporary English Version
Their only homes are ditches or holes between rocks,
Complete Jewish Bible
to live in gullies and vadis, in holes in the ground and caves in the rocks.
Darby Translation
To dwell in gloomy gorges, in caves of the earth and the rocks:
Easy-to-Read Version
They must live in the dry riverbeds, hillside caves, and holes in the ground.
George Lamsa Translation
Fleeing to dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, in crevices,
Good News Translation
They had to live in caves, in holes dug in the sides of cliffs.
Lexham English Bible
so that they dwell in holes of the ground and in the rocks.
Literal Translation
they dwell in the chasms of the torrents, in the holes of the earth, and in rocks.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Their dwellinge was beside foule brokes, yee in the caues & dennes of the earth.
American Standard Version
So that they dwell in frightful valleys, In holes of the earth and of the rocks.
Bible in Basic English
They have to get a resting-place in the hollows of the valleys, in holes of the earth and rocks.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
In the clefts of the valleys must they dwell, in holes of the earth and of the rocks.
King James Version (1611)
To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caues of the earth, and in the rockes.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Their dwelling was in the cleftes of brookes, yea in the caues and dennes of the earth.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
whose houses were the caves of the rocks, who lived under the wild shrubs.
English Revised Version
In the clefts of the valleys must they dwell, in holes of the earth and of the rocks.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thei dwelliden in deseertis of strondis, and in caues of erthe, ethir on grauel, `ethir on cley.
Update Bible Version
So that they dwell in frightful valleys, In holes of the earth and of the rocks.
Webster's Bible Translation
To dwell in the clefts of the valleys, [in] caves of the earth, and [in] the rocks.
New King James Version
They had to live in the clefts of the valleys, In caves of the earth and the rocks.
New Life Bible
So they live in valleys made by floods, in caves of the earth and of the rocks.
New Revised Standard
In the gullies of wadis they must live, in holes in the ground, and in the rocks.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In the fissures, of the ravines had they to dwell, in holes of dust and crags;
Douay-Rheims Bible
They dwelt in the desert places of torrents, and in caves of earth, or upon the gravel.
Revised Standard Version
In the gullies of the torrents they must dwell, in holes of the earth and of the rocks.
Young's Literal Translation
In a frightful place of valleys to dwell, Holes of earth and clefts.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So that they dwell in dreadful valleys, In holes of the earth and of the rocks.

Contextual Overview

1 "But now I am mocked by people younger than I, by young men whose fathers are not worthy to run with my sheepdogs. 2 A lot of good they are to me— those worn-out wretches! 3 They are gaunt from poverty and hunger. They claw the dry ground in desolate wastelands. 4 They pluck wild greens from among the bushes and eat from the roots of broom trees. 5 They are driven from human society, and people shout at them as if they were thieves. 6 So now they live in frightening ravines, in caves and among the rocks. 7 They sound like animals howling among the bushes, huddled together beneath the nettles. 8 They are nameless fools, outcasts from society. 9 "And now they mock me with vulgar songs! They taunt me! 10 They despise me and won't come near me, except to spit in my face.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

dwell: Judges 6:2, 1 Samuel 22:1, 1 Samuel 22:2, Isaiah 2:19, Revelation 6:15

caves: Heb. holes

Reciprocal: Isaiah 2:10 - Enter Isaiah 2:21 - go

Cross-References

Genesis 30:14
One day during the wheat harvest, Reuben found some mandrakes growing in a field and brought them to his mother, Leah. Rachel begged Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes."
Genesis 30:16
So that evening, as Jacob was coming home from the fields, Leah went out to meet him. "You must come and sleep with me tonight!" she said. "I have paid for you with some mandrakes that my son found." So that night he slept with Leah.
Genesis 30:17
And God answered Leah's prayers. She became pregnant again and gave birth to a fifth son for Jacob.
Genesis 30:20
She named him Zebulun, for she said, "God has given me a good reward. Now my husband will treat me with respect, for I have given him six sons."
Genesis 30:32
Let me inspect your flocks today and remove all the sheep and goats that are speckled or spotted, along with all the black sheep. Give these to me as my wages.
Genesis 30:35
But that very day Laban went out and removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, all the female goats that were speckled and spotted or had white patches, and all the black sheep. He placed them in the care of his own sons,
Genesis 35:25
The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's servant, were Dan and Naphtali.
Genesis 46:23
The son of Dan was Hushim.
Deuteronomy 33:22
Moses said this about the tribe of Dan: "Dan is a lion's cub, leaping out from Bashan."
Psalms 35:24
Declare me not guilty, O Lord my God, for you give justice. Don't let my enemies laugh about me in my troubles.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys,.... Or "brooks" l, in such hollow places as were made by floods and streams of waters:

[in] caves of the earth, and [in] the rocks; where they betook themselves for fear of men, and through shame, being naked and miserable not fit to be seen: Job has respect to the Horites and Troglodytes, his neighbours, who dwelt in such places chiefly.

l נחלים "torrentium", Tigurine version, Pagninus, Montanus, &c.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys - The word here rendered “cliffs” (ערוץ ârûts) denotes rather “horror,” or something “horrid,” and the sense here is, that they dwelt in “the horrer of valleys;” that is, in horrid valleys. The idea is that of deep and frightful glens, where wild beasts ranged, far from the abodes of men, and surrounded by frightful wastes. The word rendered “valleys” (נחל nachal) means properly a brook, stream, water-course - what is now called a wady; a place where the winter torrents run, but which is usually dry in summer; see the notes at Job 6:15.

In caves of the earth - Margin, as in Hebrew “holes.” Septuagint “Whose houses are - πρῶγλαι πετρῶν trōglai petrōn - caverns of the rocks;” that is, who are “Troglodytes.” Caves furnished a natural dwelling for the poor and the outcast, and it is well known that it was not uncommon in Egypt, and in the deserts of Arabia, to occupy such caves as a habitation; see Diod. Sic. Lib. iii. xiv. and Strabo, Lib. 16,

And in the rocks - The caverns of the rocks. Dr. Richardson found a large number of such dwellings in the vicinity of Thebes, many of which were large and beautifully formed and sculptured with many curious devices. Mr. Rich, also, saw a large number of such caves not far from Mousal. Residence in Koordistan, vol. ii. p. 94.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 30:6. To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys — They were obliged to take shelter in the most dangerous, out-of-the-way, and unfrequented places. This is the meaning.


 
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