Job 24:8
“They are wet with the showres of the mountaines, and imbrace the rocke for want of a shelter.”
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Job 24:8 Context
6They reape euery one his corne in the fielde: and they gather the vintage of the wicked. 7They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they haue no couering in the cold. 8They are wet with the showres of the mountaines, and imbrace the rocke for want of a shelter. 9They plucke the fatherlesse from the brest, and take a pledge of the poore. 10They cause him to go naked without clothing: and they take away the sheafe from the hungry,
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Other Translations for Job 24:8
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
- King James Version
"They are wet with the mountain rains And hug the rock for want of a shelter.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
- American Standard Version (1901)
They are wet with the rain of the mountains, and get into the cracks of the rock for cover.
- Basic English Bible
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and for want of a shelter embrace the rock ...
- Darby Bible
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
- Webster's Bible
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for lack of a shelter.
- World English Bible
From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge -- have embraced a rock.
- Youngs Literal Bible
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 24:8
24:8 Wet - With the rain - water, which runs down the rocks or mountains into the caves, to which they fled for shelter. Rock - Are glad when they can find a cleft of a rock in which they may have some protection against the weather.