Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

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

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.

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.

Darby Translation

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

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 the birds build their nests there, and the heron builds its nest among the evergreen. 18 The high mountains are for wild goats; the cliffs are a refuge for the rock badger. 19 He made the moon to mark time; the sun knows its setting time.


Cross References

Proverbs 30:26

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

Job 39:1

"Do you know when the mountain goat gives birth? Do you watch the doe as it calves its young?

Leviticus 11:5

the rock badger (because it chews its cud but its hooves aren't divided, it is to be unclean for you),

Deuteronomy 14:7

However, you must not eat these animals that chew the cud or have a divided hoof: the camel, hare, and rock badger. Even though they chew the cud, their hooves are not divided. Therefore they are unclean for you.

1 Samuel 24:2

Saul took 3,000 of his best troops from all over Israel, and he went to look for David and his men in the direction of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.

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