Job 30:6

6 In the gullies of the torrents they must dwell, in holes of the earth and of ¹the rocks.

Job 30:6 Meaning and Commentary

Job 30:6

To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys
Or "brooks" ^F12, in such hollow places as were made by floods and streams of waters:

[in] caves of the earth, and [in] the rocks;
where they betook themselves for fear of men, and through shame, being naked and miserable not fit to be seen: Job has respect to the Horites and Troglodytes, his neighbours, who dwelt in such places chiefly.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 (Mylxn) "torrentium", Tigurine version, Pagninus, Montanus

Job 30:6 In-Context

4 they pick saltwort and the leaves of bushes, and the roots of the broom tree for their food.

5 They are driven out from human company; they shout after them as after a thief.

6 In the gullies of the torrents they must dwell, in holes of the earth and of the rocks.

7 Among the bushes they bray; under the nettles they huddle together.

8 A senseless, a nameless brood, they have been whipped out of the land.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Samuel 13:6; Jeremiah 4:29