Psalm 104:18 {103:18}
Good News Translation
The wild goats live in the high mountains, and the rock badgers hide in the cliffs.

New Revised Standard Version
The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the coneys.

Contemporary English Version
Wild goats find a home in the tall mountains, and small animals can hide between the rocks.

New American Bible
The high mountains are for wild goats; the rocky cliffs, a refuge for badgers.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The high hills are a refuge for the harts, the rock for the irchins.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The high hills are a refuge for the harts, the rock for the irchins.

the wild goats.

1 Samuel 24:2 Saul, therefore, took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went out to seek after David and his men, even upon the most craggy rocks, which are accessible only to wild goats.

Job 39:1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats bring forth among the rocks, or hast thou observed the hinds when they fawn?

the conies

Deuteronomy 14:7 But of them that chew the cud, but divide not the hoof, you shall not eat, such as the camel, the hare, and the cherogril: because they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof, they shall be unclean to you.

Proverbs 30:26 The rabbit, a weak people, which maketh its bed in the rock:

Context
How Many Are Your Works, O LORD!
17There the sparrows shall make their nests. The highest of them is the house of the heron. 18The high hills are a refuge for the harts, the rock for the irchins.19He hath made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.…
Cross References
Leviticus 11:5
The cherogrillus which cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof, is unclean.

Job 39:1
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats bring forth among the rocks, or hast thou observed the hinds when they fawn?

Proverbs 30:26
The rabbit, a weak people, which maketh its bed in the rock:

Psalm 104:17
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