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Job 30:6

To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.

KJV

In desertis habitabant torrentium, et in cavernis terræ, vel super glaream :

Vulgate

ὧν οἱ οἶκοι αὐτῶν ἦσαν τρῶγλαι πετρῶν·

LXX

So that they dwell in frightful valleys, In holes of the earth and of the rocks.

ASV

בַּ/עֲר֣וּץ נְחָלִ֣ים לִ/שְׁכֹּ֑ן חֹרֵ֖י עָפָ֣ר וְ/כֵפִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

חֹרִ֖ים
chrym
noun · 7×
כֵּפִ֖ים
kpym
noun · 2×
נַ֣חַל
nchl
noun · 140×
עֲר֣וּץ
'rvts
noun · 1×
עָפָ֥ר
'pr
noun · 109×
שַׁכֵּ֥ן
shkn
verb · 123×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 22:1 — David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him.
  • Isa 2:21 — To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
  • Judg 6:2 — And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.