Job 30:6

6 So that they dwell in dreadful valleys, In holes of the earth and of the 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 Who pluck mallow by the bushes, And whose food is the root of the broom shrub.

5 "They are driven from the community; They shout against them as against a thief,

6 So that they dwell in dreadful valleys, In holes of the earth and of the rocks.

7 "Among the bushes they cry out; Under the nettles they are gathered together.

8 "Fools , even those without a name, They were scourged from the land.

Footnotes

• [a] Or "wadis"