Job 30:6

Job 30:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In the gullies of the torrents they must dwell, in holes of the earth and of the rocks.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They had to live in the clefts of the valleys, In caves of the earth and the rocks.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So now they live in frightening ravines, in caves and among the rocks.

Context of Job 30:6

4In the brush they gathered salt herbs, and their food was the root of the broom bush. 5They were banished from human society, shouted at as if they were thieves. They were forced to live in the dry stream beds, among the rocks and in holes in the ground. 7They brayed among the bushes and huddled in the undergrowth. 8A base and nameless brood, they were driven out of the land.

Job 30:6 word by word

בַּעֲר֣וּץ נְחָלִ֣ים לִשְׁכֹּ֑ן חֹרֵ֖י עָפָ֣ר וְכֵפִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• To dwellשָׁכַןshâkan · to dwellH7931
• in the cliftsעָרוּץ‛ârûts · dreadfulH6178
• of the valleysנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · torrent: riverH5158
• cavesחֹרchôr chôr · holeH2356
• of the earthעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
• the rocksכֵּףkêph · rockH3710

Cross-references for Job 30:6

• Judges 6:2Because the power of Midian was so oppressive, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in mountain clefts, caves and strongholds.
• 1 Samuel 22:1David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.
• Isaiah 2:19People will flee to caves in the rocks and to holes in the ground from the fearful presence of the Lord and the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to shake the earth.
• Revelation 6:15Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

Commentaries on Job 30:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys - They were obliged to take shelter in the most dangerous, out-of-the-way, and unfrequented places. This is the meaning.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys - The word here rendered “cliffs” (ערוץ ‛ârûts ) denotes rather “horror,” or something “horrid,” and the sense here is, that they dwelt in “the horrer of valleys;” that is, in horrid valleys. The idea is that of deep and frightful glens, where wild beasts ranged, far from the abodes of men, and surrounded by frightful wastes. The word rendered “valleys” (נחל nachal ) means properly a brook, stream, water-course…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6They live in scary valleys (wadis), caves (holes), and among rocks. The miserable life of those making fun of Job was like: Israel’s situation under Midianite abuse (Judges 6:2). David’s life when he fled from King Saul (1 Samuel 22:1–2). The prophet Elijah’s life as he waited for the Lord’s instruction (1 Kings 17:3–8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. They are forced "to dwell." cliffs of the valleys--rather, "in the gloomy valleys"; literally, "in the gloom of the valleys," or wadies. To dwell in valleys is, in the East, a mark of wretchedness. The troglodytes, in parts of Arabia, lived in such dwellings as caves.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 30:6

• Persecution

In the dictionaries

• Cord
• Dissolve
• Prevent
• Profit
• Thief
• Cave
• Cleft; Cliff; Clift
• Job, Book of
• Rock
• Ut

Commentaries on Job 30

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary