Job 30:6 They were forced to live in the dry stream beds, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
They were forced to live in the dry stream beds, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.

English Standard Version
In the gullies of the torrents they must dwell, in holes of the earth and of the rocks.

New American Standard Bible
So that they dwell in dreadful valleys, In holes of the earth and of the rocks.

King James Bible
To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They are living on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.

International Standard Version
They lived in the most dangerous of ravines, in holes in the ground, and among rocks.

American Standard Version
So that they dwell in frightful valleys, In holes of the earth and of the rocks.

Douay-Rheims Bible
They dwelt in the desert places of torrents, and in caves of earth, or upon the gravel.

Darby Bible Translation
To dwell in gloomy gorges, in caves of the earth and the rocks:

Young's Literal Translation
In a frightful place of valleys to dwell, Holes of earth and clefts.

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

30:1-14 Job contrasts his present condition with his former honour and authority. What little cause have men to be ambitious or proud of that which may be so easily lost, and what little confidence is to be put in it! We should not be cast down if we are despised, reviled, and hated by wicked men. We should look to Jesus, who endured the contradiction of sinners.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

6. 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.