Job 30:6

6 They were forced to live in the dry stream beds, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.

Job 30:6 in Other Translations

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

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

6 So now they live in frightening ravines, in caves and among the rocks.

6 Nobody would put up with them; they were driven from the neighborhood.

6 They are living on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.

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 In the brush they gathered salt herbs, and their food was the root of the broom bush.

5 They were banished from human society, shouted at as if they were thieves.

6 They were forced to live in the dry stream beds, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.

7 They brayed among the bushes and huddled in the undergrowth.

8 A base and nameless brood, they were driven out of the land.

Cross References

• 1. Isaiah 2:19; Hosea 10:8