Job 24:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.”
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“Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.”
King James Version · Public Domain“They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge--have embraced a rock.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 24:8 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Song of Solomon 5:2I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
- Lamentations 4:5Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.
- Hebrews 11:38The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.
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