Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They are drenched by mountain rains and hug the rocks for lack of shelter. New Living Translation They are soaked by mountain showers, and they huddle against the rocks for want of a home. English Standard Version They are wet with the rain of the mountains and cling to the rock for lack of shelter. Berean Standard Bible Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter. King James Bible They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter. New King James Version They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And huddle around the rock for want of shelter. New American Standard Bible “They are wet from the mountain rains, And they hug the rock for lack of a shelter. NASB 1995 “They are wet with the mountain rains And hug the rock for want of a shelter. NASB 1977 “They are wet with the mountain rains, And they hug the rock for want of a shelter. Legacy Standard Bible They are wet with the mountain rains And hug the rock for want of a shelter. Amplified Bible “They are wet from the rain of the mountains And cling to the rock for lack of shelter. Christian Standard Bible Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks, shelterless. Holman Christian Standard Bible Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks, shelterless. American Standard Version They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter. Aramaic Bible in Plain English From the downpour of the mountains they will be wet and from lack of refuge, they will embrace stones Brenton Septuagint Translation They are wet with the drops of the mountains: they have embraced the rock, because they had no shelter. Contemporary English Version and during a storm their only shelters are caves among the rocky cliffs. Douay-Rheims Bible Who are wet, with the showers of the mountains, and having no covering embrace the stones. English Revised Version They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter. GOD'S WORD® Translation They are drenched by the rainstorms in the mountains. They hug the rocks because they can't find shelter. Good News Translation They are drenched by the rain that falls on the mountains, and they huddle beside the rocks for shelter. International Standard Version They are wet from mountain rains; without shelter, they cling to a rock. JPS Tanakh 1917 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter. Literal Standard Version From the inundation of hills they are wet, | And without a refuge—have embraced a rock. Majority Standard Bible Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter. New American Bible They are drenched with rain from the mountains, and for want of shelter they cling to the rock. NET Bible They are soaked by mountain rains and huddle in the rocks because they lack shelter. New Revised Standard Version They are wet with the rain of the mountains, and cling to the rock for want of shelter. New Heart English Bible They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for lack of a shelter. Webster's Bible Translation They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter. World English Bible They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for lack of a shelter. Young's Literal Translation From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge -- have embraced a rock. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job: Judgment for the Wicked…7Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold. 8Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter. 9The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.… Cross References Job 24:7 Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold. Job 24:9 The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt. Treasury of Scripture They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter. wet 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. embrace Lamentations 4:5 They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills. 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. Jump to Previous Cling Cover Cracks Drenched Embrace Embraced Hills Inundation Lack Mountain Mountains Rain Rains Refuge Rock Rocks Shelter Showers Want WetJump to Next Cling Cover Cracks Drenched Embrace Embraced Hills Inundation Lack Mountain Mountains Rain Rains Refuge Rock Rocks Shelter Showers Want WetJob 24 1. Wickedness often goes unpunished17. There is a secret judgment for the wicked Verse 8. - They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter. Further unpleasant consequences of marauding, but endured without complaint by the wild robber-tribes. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Drenchedיִרְטָ֑בוּ (yir·ṭā·ḇū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7372: To be moist by mountain הָרִ֣ים (hā·rîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country rains, מִזֶּ֣רֶם (miz·ze·rem) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2230: A flood of rain, rainstorm, downpour they huddle חִבְּקוּ־ (ḥib·bə·qū-) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 2263: To clasp, embrace against the rocks צֽוּר׃ (ṣūr) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6697: A cliff, a rock, boulder, a refuge, an edge for want וּֽמִבְּלִ֥י (ū·mib·bə·lî) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Adverb Strong's 1097: Failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as of shelter. מַ֝חְסֶ֗ה (maḥ·seh) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4268: Refuge, shelter Links Job 24:8 NIVJob 24:8 NLT Job 24:8 ESV Job 24:8 NASB Job 24:8 KJV Job 24:8 BibleApps.com Job 24:8 Biblia Paralela Job 24:8 Chinese Bible Job 24:8 French Bible Job 24:8 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 24:8 They are wet with the showers (Jb) |