Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

The shephanim are not mighty people,
Yet they make their houses in the rocks;

King James Version

The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;

Holman Bible

hyraxes are not a mighty people,
yet they make their homes in the cliffs;

International Standard Version

The rock badgers aren't a strong species either, yet they build their dens in the rocks.

A Conservative Version

the conies are but a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks,

American Standard Version

The conies are but a feeble folk, Yet make they their houses in the rocks;

Amplified


The shephanim are not a mighty folk,
Yet they make their houses in the rocks;

Bible in Basic English

The conies are only a feeble people, but they make their houses in the rocks;

Darby Translation

the rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their house in the cliff;

Julia Smith Translation

The rabbits a people not strong, and they will set their house in the rock;

King James 2000

The badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks;

Lexham Expanded Bible

the badgers [are] a people [who are] not mighty, yet they set their house on the rock;

Modern King James verseion

the rock-badgers are not a mighty people, yet they make their houses in the rock;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their couches among the rocks.

NET Bible

rock badgers are creatures with little power, but they make their homes in the crags;

New Heart English Bible

The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks.

The Emphasized Bible

The conies, a people of, no power, yet set they, among the crags, their house;

Webster

The conies are but a feeble people, yet they make their houses in the rocks;

World English Bible

The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks.

Youngs Literal Translation

Conies are a people not strong, And they place in a rock their house,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁפן 
Shaphan 
Usage: 34

are but a feeble
עצם עצוּם 
`atsuwm 
Usage: 31

עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
Usage: 580

בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

Four Things That Are Small - Yet Smart And Strong

25 The ants are beings that are not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer. 26 The shephanim are not mighty people,
Yet they make their houses in the rocks;
27 The locusts have no king, yet they advance in ranks.

Cross References

Psalm 104:18

The high mountains are for the wild goats. The cliffs are a refuge for the rock badgers.

Leviticus 11:5

Never eat rock badgers. Rock badgers are unclean because they chew their cud but do not have divided hoofs.

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