Job 24:8
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 24:8 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 24:8 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 24:8 — KJV
“They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.”
— Job 24:8 (KJV)
Job 24:8 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 24:8
“And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:”
Shares key themes with Job 24:8: mountains, rock
“The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.”
Shares key themes with Job 24:8: wet, mountains
“All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.”
Shares key themes with Job 24:8: wet, mountains
“What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock? as...: or, O he”
Shares key themes with Job 24:8: wet, rock
“Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.”
Shares key themes with Job 24:8: mountains, rock
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