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Job 30:6

4 They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.

5 They were banished from among men, shouted down like thieves,

so that they lived on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.

7 They cried out among the shrubs and huddled beneath the nettles.

8 A senseless and nameless brood, they were driven off the land.

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BSB
so that they lived on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.
KJV
To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.
WEB
so that they live in frightful valleys, and in holes of the earth and of the rocks.
ASV
So that they dwell in frightful valleys, In holes of the earth and of the rocks.
DARBY
To dwell in gloomy gorges, in caves of the earth and the rocks:
BLB
On the slope of wadis [they are] to dwell, in holes of the dust and rocks.
ÅB
I fryktelige kløfter må de bo, i huler i jord og berg.
OTB
slik at de bor i øde daler,
i hull i jorden og i bergene.
B1930
I fryktelige kløfter må de bo, i huler i jord og berg.

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 22:1–2

    So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.

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  • Judges 6:2

    and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.

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  • Isaiah 2:19

    Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.

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  • Revelation 6:15

    Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

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