King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
Complete Jewish Bible:
wet with mountain rain, and hugging the rock for lack of shelter.
Berean Standard Bible:
Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.
American Standard Version:
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
They are wet{H7372} with the showers{H2230} of the mountains{H2022}, and embrace{H2263} the rock{H6697} for want of a shelter{H4268}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Lamentations 4:5
- They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
Song of Solomon 5:2
- ¶ I sleep, but my heart waketh: [it is] the voice of my beloved that knocketh, [saying], Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, [and] my locks with the drops of the night.
Hebrews 11:38
- (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and [in] mountains, and [in] dens and caves of the earth.
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Commentary for Job 24:8
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H7372
There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רָטַב
Transliteration: râṭab
Pronunciation: raw-tab'
Description: a primitive root; to be moist; be wet. - Strong's Number: H2230
There are 7 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: זֶרֶם
Transliteration: zerem
Pronunciation: zeh'-rem
Description: from זָרַם; a gush of water; flood, overflowing, shower, storm, tempest. - Strong's Number: H2022
There are 485 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: הַר
Transliteration: har
Pronunciation: har
Description: a shortened form of הָרָר; a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively); hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion. - Strong's Number: H2263
There are 12 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חָבַק
Transliteration: châbaq
Pronunciation: khaw-bak'
Description: a primitive root; to clasp (the hands or in embrace); embrace, fold. - Strong's Number: H6697
There are 74 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: צוּר
Transliteration: tsûwr
Pronunciation: tsoor
Description: or צֻר; from צוּר; properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous); edge, [idiom] (mighty) God (one), rock, [idiom] sharp, stone, [idiom] strength, [idiom] strong. See also בֵּית צוּר. - Strong's Number: H4268
There are 20 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מַחֲסֶה
Transliteration: machăçeh
Pronunciation: makh-as-eh'
Description: or מַחְסֶה; from חָסָה; a shelter (literally or figuratively); hope, (place of) refuge, shelter, trust.