Job 24:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.”

Job 24:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Job 24:8 in 6 Bible Translations

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Job 24:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for lack of a shelter.”

Job 24:8 — World English Bible

Job 24:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter. ”

Job 24:8 — American Standard Version

Job 24:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge--have embraced a rock.”

Job 24:8 — Young's Literal Translation

Job 24:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and for want of a shelter embrace the rock... ”

Job 24:8 — Darby Translation

Job 24:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“They are wet with the showres of the moutaines, and they imbrace the rocke for want of a couering.”

Job 24:8 — Geneva Bible

Job 24:8 in Context — Job 24

6 They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.

7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.

8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

10 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;

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What Does Job 24:8 Mean?

Job 24:8 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 24. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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