Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Job 30:6 Cross-References
Explore 4 cross-references for Job 30:6 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 30 verse 6 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks. caves: Heb. holes”
Job 30:6 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 30:6
To dwell in the clifts of the valleys (בַּעֲרוּץ נְחָלִים לִשְׁכֹּן)—The verb שָׁכַן (shakan, to dwell/settle) ironically describes non-settlement—living in arutz (עֲרוּץ, gorges/ravines), dry stream beds (נְחָלִים, nechalim) that become death traps in flash floods. In caves of the earth, and in the rocks (חֹרֵי עָפָר וְכֵפִים)—They shelter in chorei (חֹרֵי, holes/caves) and kefim (כֵפִים, rock crevices), spaces for animals, not humans.The vocabulary evokes primordial chaos—humanity reduced to cave dwelling, the opposite of civilization's ordered space. Yet Scripture also honors caves as refug...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 30:6
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“and the caves”
“and escaped to the cave of Adullam: and when his brothers and all his father's house heard it”
“the princes”
“and into the holes of the earth”