King James Version
Job 30:6 in the King James Version says “To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks. caves: Heb. holes” — study this verse from Job chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks. caves: Heb. holes”
Job 30:6 · KJV
Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)
To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks. caves: Heb. holes
Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.
They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth. base: Heb. men of no name
KJV Study — Public Domain
“of the valleys”
H5158a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
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