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Psalms 104:18

The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.

KJV

Humiliaverunt in compedibus pedes ejus ; ferrum pertransiit animam ejus :

Vulgate

ἐταπείνωσαν ἐν πέδαις τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ, σίδηρον διῆλθεν ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ·

LXX

The high mountains are for the wild goats; The rocks are a refuge for the conies.

ASV

הָרִ֣ים הַ֭/גְּבֹהִים לַ/יְּעֵלִ֑ים סְ֝לָעִ֗ים מַחְסֶ֥ה לַֽ/שְׁפַנִּֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

גְבֹהָ֔ה
gbhh
adjective · 37×
הַ֣ר
hr
noun · 544×
י
y
noun · 19×
יְּעֵלִֽים
y'lym
noun · 3×
סֶּ֔לַע
sl'
noun · 59×
שָׁפָ֣ן
shpn
noun · 34×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 24:2 — Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.
  • Job 39:1 — Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
  • Job 39:1 — Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
  • Lev 11:5 — And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
  • Lev 11:5 — And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
  • Prov 30:26 — The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
  • Prov 30:26 — The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;