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Job 30:6

4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.

5 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)

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

7 Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.

8 They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.

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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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  • 1 Samuel 22:1–2

    David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him.

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  • Judges 6:2

    And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.

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  • Isaiah 2:19

    And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

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  • Revelation 6:15

    And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

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