Job 39:28

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

It lives on a rock and spends the night there, on a rocky crag and a fortress.

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  • 1 Sam 14:4 : 4 Now there was a steep cliff on each side of the pass through which Jonathan intended to go to reach the Philistine garrison. One cliff was named Bozez, the other Seneh.

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