Job 24:8
these are wet with the mountain rain, and, having no covering, they embrace the rocks.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
In Context
7They send men away naked, having taken the clothing of those who have no covering in the cold;
9They have used violence to deprive orphans, and they have robbed the poor common people.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 5:2Groom to Bride: I have arrived in my garden, O my sister, my spouse. I have harvested my myrrh, with my aromatic oils. I have eaten the honeycomb with my honey. I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink, and be inebriated, O most beloved.
Hebrews 11:38Of them, the world was not worthy, wandering in solitude on mountains, in the caves and caverns of the earth.
Matthew Henry on Job 24:2-13
Outward Prosperity of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? 2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. 3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge. 4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. 5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food… Read the whole commentary →