Parallel Verses

King James 2000

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

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.

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
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 hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the badgers. 19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knows its going down.

Cross References

Proverbs 30:26

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

Job 39:1

Know you the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or can you mark when the hinds do calve?

Leviticus 11:5

And the rock badger, because it chews the cud, but divides not the hoof; it is unclean unto you.

Deuteronomy 14:7

Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that have cloven hooves; as the camel, and the hare, and the rock badger: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.

1 Samuel 24:2

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

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