God’s Word Translation
Job 24:8
8They are drenched by the rainstorms in the mountains. They hug the rocks because they can’t find shelter.
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 harvest animal food in the field ⌞to feed themselves⌟. They pick the leftover grapes in the wicked person’s vineyard. 7All night they lie naked without a covering from the cold. They are drenched by the rainstorms in the mountains. They hug the rocks because they can’t find shelter. 9“⌞People⌟ snatch the ⌞nursing⌟ orphan from a breast and take a poor woman’s baby as security for a loan. 10⌞That is why⌟ the poor go around naked. They are hungry, yet they carry bundles of grain.
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 4:5Those who used to eat delicacies are now destitute in the streets. Those who used to wear expensive clothes now pick through piles of garbage.
- Hebrews 11:38The world didn’t deserve these good people. Some wandered around in deserts and mountains and lived in caves and holes 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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