Job 30:6 Meaning and Explanation
“To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Forced from human company, these outcasts made their homes in ravines, in caves, and among the rocks.
What Does Job 30:6 Mean?
The verse describes where the rejected men lived: in the gullies of dry stream-beds, in holes of the ground, in the crannies of the rocks. They had no place among people and so took shelter where only animals would. Job recounts this to mark the depth of the household that now derides him.
Such homelessness, hidden away in the bare earth, paints a life almost outside the human family. Yet even the cave-dweller is not beyond the reach of the Almighty, who hears the cry from every hidden place. As Job's own comforts collapse, he is being drawn toward the truth that no dwelling, however high or low, secures a man, and that the soul's only lasting home is found in the God who is a refuge in every generation.
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What does Job 30:6 mean?
Forced from human company, these outcasts made their homes in ravines, in caves, and among the rocks.