Job 24:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.

Young's Literal Translation
From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge—have embraced a rock.

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

Hebrew
Drenched
יִרְטָ֑בוּ (yir·ṭā·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7372: To be moist

by mountain
הָרִ֣ים (hā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

rains,
מִזֶּ֣רֶם (miz·ze·rem)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2230: A flood of rain, rainstorm, downpour

they huddle
חִבְּקוּ־ (ḥib·bə·qū-)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 2263: To clasp, embrace

against the rocks
צֽוּר׃ (ṣūr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6697: A cliff, a rock, boulder, a refuge, an edge

for want
וּֽמִבְּלִ֥י (ū·mib·bə·lî)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's 1097: Failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as

of shelter.
מַ֝חְסֶ֗ה (maḥ·seh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4268: Refuge, shelter

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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