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Job 24:8
8The rain that falls in the mountains makes them very wet. So they hide among the rocks where they try to keep dry.
Job 24:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
- New International Version (NIV)They are drenched by mountain rains and hug the rocks for lack of shelter.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They are wet with the rain of the mountains and cling to the rock for lack of shelter.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And huddle around the rock for want of shelter.
Context of Job 24:8
6They find grain in the fields of other people. They pick grapes that remain in the vineyards of wicked people. 7They have no clothes to wear during the cold nights. They sleep without anything to cover themselves. The rain that falls in the mountains makes them very wet. So they hide among the rocks where they try to keep dry. 9When wicked people lend money to poor people, they even take a child whose father has died away from his mother. 10Poor people have to go out with no clothes to wear. They are hungry while they carry the crops of other people.
Read all of Job 24Job 24:8 word by word
מִזֶּ֣רֶם הָרִ֣ים יִרְטָ֑בוּ וּֽמִבְּלִ֥י מַ֝חְסֶ֗ה חִבְּקוּ־צֽוּר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 24:8
- Lamentations 4:5There are people here who had been very rich. They ate the best foods, but now they are hungry. Now they lie in the streets with nothing to eat. They wore the best clothes, but now they sit in the ashes.
- Hebrews 11:38These people who trusted God were too good for this world. Some of them had to travel about in the wilderness and on the hills. Some had to live in holes in the rocks and in the ground.
Commentaries on Job 24:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8They are wet with the showers of the mountains - Mr. Good thinks that torrents, not showers, is the proper translation of the original זרם zerem ; but I think showers of the mountain strictly proper. I have seen many of these in mountainous countries, where the tails of water-spouts have been intercepted and broken, and the outpouring of them would be incredible to those who have never witnessed similar phenomena. The rain fell in torrents, and produced…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8They are wet with the showers of the mountains - That is, the poor persons, or the travelers whom they have robbed. Hills collect the clouds, and showers seem to pour down from the mountains. These showers often collect and pour down so suddenly that there is scarcely time to seek a shelter. And embrace the rock for want of a shelter - Take refuge beneath a projecting rock. The robbers drive them away from their homes, or plunder them of their tents, and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-17This list of criminal behaviors first emphasizes crimes against weak people (24:2–12). Then it examines the criminals themselves (24:13–17).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-242-24. Instances of the wicked doing the worst deeds with seeming impunity (Job 24:2-24). Some--the wicked. landmarks--boundaries between different pastures (De 19:14; Pr 22:28).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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