Job 24:8

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

They are soaked by mountain rains and huddle in the rocks because they lack shelter.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lam 4:5 : 5 ה(He) Those who once feasted on delicacies are now starving to death in the streets. Those who grew up wearing expensive clothes are now dying amid garbage.
  • Heb 11:38 : 38 (the world was not worthy of them); they wandered in deserts and mountains and caves and openings in the earth.
  • Song 5:2 : 2 The Trials of Love: The Beloved’s Dream of Losing Her LoverThe Beloved about Her Lover: I was asleep, but my mind was dreaming. Listen! My lover is knocking at the door! The Lover to His Beloved:“Open for me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one! My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”

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