Parallel Verses New International Version They are drenched by mountain rains and hug the rocks for lack of shelter. King James Bible They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter. Darby Bible Translation They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and for want of a shelter embrace the rock ... World English Bible They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for lack of a shelter. Young's Literal Translation From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge -- have embraced a rock. Job 24:8 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleThey are wet with the showers of the mountains - Mr. Good thinks that torrents, not showers, is the proper translation of the original זרם zerem; but I think showers of the mountain strictly proper. I have seen many of these in mountainous countries, where the tails of water-spouts have been intercepted and broken, and the outpouring of them would be incredible to those who have never witnessed similar phenomena. The rain fell in torrents, and produced torrents on the land, carrying away earth and stones and every thing before them, scooping out great gullies in the sides of the mountains. Mountain torrents are not produced but by such extraordinary outpourings of rain, formed either by water-spouts, or by vast masses of clouds intercepted and broken to pieces by the mountain tops. And embrace the rock for want of a shelter - In such cases as that related above, the firm rock is the only shelter which can be found, or safely trusted. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge wet embrace Library Whether the Husband Can on his Own Judgment Put Away his Wife on Account of Fornication?Objection 1: It would seem that the husband can on his own judgment put away his wife on account of fornication. For when sentence has been pronounced by the judge, it is lawful to carry it out without any further judgment. But God, the just Judge, has pronounced this judgment, that a husband may put his wife away on account of fornication. Therefore no further judgment is required for this. Objection 2: Further, it is stated (Mat. 1:19) that Joseph . . . being a just man . . . "was minded to put" … Saint Thomas Aquinas—Summa Theologica Whether the Old Law Set Forth Suitable Precepts About the Members of the Household? Cross References Job 24:7 Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked; they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold. Job 24:9 The fatherless child is snatched from the breast; the infant of the poor is seized for a debt. Jump to Previous Cling Cover Cracks Drenched Embrace Embraced Hills Inundation Lack Mountain Mountains Rain Rains Refuge Rock Rocks Shelter Showers Want WetJump to Next Cling Cover Cracks Drenched Embrace Embraced Hills Inundation Lack Mountain Mountains Rain Rains Refuge Rock Rocks Shelter Showers Want WetLinks Job 24:8 NIVJob 24:8 NLT Job 24:8 ESV Job 24:8 NASB Job 24:8 KJV Job 24:8 Bible Apps Job 24:8 Biblia Paralela Job 24:8 Chinese Bible Job 24:8 French Bible Job 24:8 German Bible Job 24:8 Commentaries THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®. Bible Hub |