King James Version

Job 24:8

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

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מִזֶּ֣רֶםmizeremfrom floodזֶרֶםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “from flood”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2230a gush of waterflood, overflowing, shower, storm, tempest.הָרִ֣יםharimhillהַרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “hill”, the ordinary formH2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.יִרְטָ֑בוּyirtavvbe wetרָטַבverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “be wet”, an unfinished actionH7372to be moistbe wet.וּֽמִבְּלִ֥יumibliand from notבְּלִיconjunction, preposition, particle, negative — “and from not”H1097properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.corruption, ig(norantly), for lack of, where no...is, so that no, none, not, un(awares), without.מַ֝חְסֶ֗הmachsehshelterמַחֲסֶהnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “shelter”, the ordinary formH4268a shelter (literally or figuratively)hope, (place of) refuge, shelter, trust.חִבְּקוּchibqvembraceחָבַקverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “embrace”, a completed actionH2263to clasp (the hands or in embrace)embrace, fold.צֽוּרtsuredgeצוּרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “edge”, the ordinary formH6697properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)edge, [idiom] (mighty) God (one), rock, [idiom] sharp, stone, [idiom] strength, [idiom] strong. See also H1049 (בֵּית צוּר).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Who are wet, with the showers of the mountains, and having no covering embrace the stones.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They are wet with the drops of the mountains: they have embraced the rock, because they had no shelter.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀπὸ ψεκάδων ὀρέων ὑγραίνονται· παρὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν ἑαυτοὺς σκέπην, πέτραν περιεβάλοντο.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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