Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

The high mountains [are] for the wild goats; [the] cliffs [are] 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.

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.

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 birds make [their] nest. [The] stork [has] its home in [the] fir trees. 18 The high mountains [are] for the wild goats; [the] cliffs [are] a refuge for the rock badgers. 19 He made [the] moon for appointed times; [the] sun knows its [time for] setting.


Cross References

Proverbs 30:26

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

Job 39:1

"Do you know [the] time when [the] goats of [the] rocks give birth? Do you observe [the] doe deer's giving birth?

Leviticus 11:5

and the coney, because it [is] a chewer of cud but it does not have a hoof that is divided--it [is] unclean for you;

Deuteronomy 14:7

Only these you may not eat from {those chewing the cud} and from {those having a division of the hoof}: the camel and the hare and the coney, because {they chew the cud}, but they [do] not divide the hoof; they are [therefore] unclean for you.

1 Samuel 24:2

So Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel, and he and his men went to search [for] David {in the direction of} the Rocks of the Mountain Goats.

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