Job 15:28
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"He has livedוַיִּשְׁכֹּ֤ון
(vai·yish·ko·vn)
7931: to settle down, abide, dwella prim. root
in desolateנִכְחָדֹ֗ות
(nich·cha·do·vt)
3582: to hidea prim. root
cities,עָ֘רִ֤ים
(a·rim)
5892b: city, townof uncertain derivation
In housesבָּ֭תִּים
(bat·tim)
1004: a housea prim. root
noלֹא־
(lo-)
3808: nota prim. adverb
one would inhabit,יֵ֣שְׁבוּ
(ye·she·vu)
3427: to sit, remain, dwella prim. root
Whichאֲשֶׁ֖ר
(a·sher)
834: who, which, thata prim. pronoun
are destinedהִתְעַתְּד֣וּ
(hit·'at·te·du)
6257: to be readya prim. root
to become ruins.לְגַלִּֽים׃
(le·gal·lim.)
1530: a heap, wave, billowfrom galal


















KJV Lexicon
And he dwelleth
shakan  (shaw-kan')
to reside or permanently stay -- abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).
in desolate
kachad  (kaw-khad')
to secrete, by act or word; hence (intensively) to destroy -- conceal, cut down (off), desolate, hide.
cities
`iyr  (eer)
or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
and in houses
bayith  (bah'-yith)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
which no man inhabiteth
yashab  (yaw-shab')
to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
which are ready
`athad  (aw-thad')
to prepare -- make fit, be ready to become.
to become heaps
gal  (gal)
something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves) -- billow, heap, spring, wave.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"He has lived in desolate cities, In houses no one would inhabit, Which are destined to become ruins.

King James Bible
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become piles of rubble.

International Standard Version
He will live in devastated towns, in abandoned houses that are about to become heaps of rubble.

NET Bible
he lived in ruined towns and in houses where no one lives, where they are ready to crumble into heaps.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He lives in ruined cities where no one dwells, in houses that are doomed to be piles of rubble.

King James 2000 Bible
And he dwells in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabits, which are ready to become heaps.
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