KJV King James Version
The high hills [are] a refuge for the wild goats; [and] the rocks for the conies.
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Psalm 104:18
The high hills [are] a refuge for the wild goats; [and] the rocks for the conies.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.
WEB World English Bible
The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
ASV American Standard Version
The high mountains are for the wild goats; The rocks are a refuge for the conies.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The high hills are for wild goats, Rocks are a refuge for conies,
Surrounding context — Psalm 104
15 And wine [that] maketh glad the heart of man, [and] oil to make [his] face to shine, and bread [which] strengtheneth man’s heart.
16 The trees of the LORD are full [of sap]; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
17 Where the birds make their nests: [as for] the stork, the fir trees [are] her house.
18 The high hills [are] a refuge for the wild goats; [and] the rocks for the conies.
19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep [forth].
21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
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Proverbs 30:26The conies [are but] a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;Job 39:1Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? [or] canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?Leviticus 11:5And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean unto you.1 Samuel 24:2Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.Deuteronomy 14:7Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; [as] the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; [therefore] they [are] unclean unto you.
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