Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

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

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

They are living on the slopes of the wadis,
among the rocks and in holes in the ground.

International Standard Version

They lived in the most dangerous of ravines, in holes in the ground, and among rocks.

A Conservative Version

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

Amplified


“They must dwell on the slopes of wadis
And in holes in the ground and in 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.

Darby Translation

To dwell in gloomy gorges, in caves of the earth and the rocks:

Julia Smith Translation

To dwell in the horror of the valleys, holes of the dust, and the rocks.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

{so that they dwell} [in] holes of [the] ground and [in the] rocks.

Modern King James verseion

They dwell in the chasms of the valleys, in holes of the earth and in rocks.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Their dwelling was beside foul brooks, yea in the caves and dens of the earth.

NET Bible

so that they had to live in the dry stream beds, in the holes of the ground, and among the rocks.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

In the fissures, of the ravines had they to dwell, in holes of dust and crags;

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

In a frightful place of valleys to dwell, Holes of earth and clefts.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
To dwell
שׁכן 
Shakan 
Usage: 128

in the clifts
ערוּץ 
`aruwts 
Usage: 1

of the valleys
נחלה נחלה נחל 
Nachal 
Usage: 141

in caves
חר חור 
Chowr 
Usage: 7

of the earth
עפר 
`aphar 
Usage: 110

References

American

Fausets

Hastings

Smith

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Context Readings

Job's Final Defense Continued

5 They are driven forth from the midst of men ; They cry after them as after a thief; 6 So that they dwell in frightful valleys, In holes of the earth and of the rocks. 7 Among the bushes they bray; Under the nettles they are gathered together.

Cross References

Judges 6:2

And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.

1 Samuel 22:1-2

David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave of Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.

Isaiah 2:19

And men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.

Revelation 6:15

And the kings of the earth, and the princes, and the chief captains, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains;

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