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Bible in Basic English

They have to get a resting-place in the hollows of the valleys, in holes of the earth and 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.

American Standard 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.

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

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Context Readings

Job's Final Defense Continued

5 They are sent out from among their townsmen, men are crying after them as thieves 6 They have to get a resting-place in the hollows of the valleys, in holes of the earth and rocks. 7 They make noises like asses among the brushwood; they get together under the thorns.

Cross References

Judges 6:2

And Midian was stronger than Israel; and because of the Midianites, the children of Israel made holes for themselves in the mountains, and hollows in the rocks, and strong places.

1 Samuel 22:1-2

So David went away from there and took cover in a strong place at Adullam; and his brothers and all his father's people, hearing of it, went down to him there.

Isaiah 2:19

And men will go into cracks of the rocks, and into holes of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.

Revelation 6:15

And the kings of the earth, and the rulers, and the chief captains, and the men of wealth, and the strong, and every servant and free man, took cover in the holes and the rocks of the mountains;

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