Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

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

New American Standard Bible

The high mountains are for the wild goats;
The cliffs are a refuge for the shephanim.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

The high mountains are for the wild goats;
the cliffs are a refuge for hyraxes.

International Standard Version

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

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


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

Bible in Basic English

The high hills are a safe place for the mountain goats, and the rocks for the small beasts.

Julia Smith Translation

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

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

Modern King James verseion

The high hills are for the wild goats, and the rocks are a refuge for the badgers.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats, and so are the stony rocks for the conies.

NET Bible

The wild goats live in the high mountains; the rock badgers find safety in the cliffs.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

The high mountains, are for the chamois, The crags, are a refuge for the conies.

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

The high hills are for wild goats, Rocks are a refuge for conies,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The high
גּבוהּ גּבהּ 
Gaboahh 
Usage: 37

הר 
Har 
Usage: 544

מחסה מחסה 
Machaceh 
Usage: 20

for the wild goats
יעל 
Ya`el 
Usage: 3

and the rocks
סלע 
Cela` 
Usage: 60

References

American

Easton

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

Praise To Yahweh For His Creation And Providence

17 Where the birds make their nests; as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. 18 The high mountains are for the wild goats; the cliffs, a refuge for the rock-badgers. 19 He made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth its going down.


Cross References

Proverbs 30:26

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

Job 39:1

Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? dost thou mark the calving of the hinds?

Leviticus 11:5

and the rock-badger, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs it shall be unclean unto you;

Deuteronomy 14:7

Only these ye shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those with hoofs cloven and split open: the camel, and the hare, and the rock-badger; for they chew the cud, but have not cloven hoofs they shall be unclean unto you;

1 Samuel 24:2

And Saul took three thousand men, chosen out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

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