Parallel Verses

NET Bible

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

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.

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.

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 nests, near the evergreens in which the herons live. 18 The wild goats live in the high mountains; the rock badgers find safety in the cliffs. 19 He made the moon to mark the months, and the sun sets according to a regular schedule.


Cross References

Proverbs 30:26

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

Job 39:1

"Are you acquainted with the way the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch as the wild deer give birth to their young?

Leviticus 11:5

The rock badger is unclean to you because it chews the cud even though its hoof is not divided.

Deuteronomy 14:7

However, you may not eat the following animals among those that chew the cud or those that have divided hooves: the camel, the hare, and the rock badger. (Although they chew the cud, they do not have divided hooves and are therefore ritually impure to you).

1 Samuel 24:2

So Saul took three thousand select men from all Israel and went to find David and his men in the region of the rocks of the mountain goats.

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