Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version he will inhabit ruined towns and houses where no one lives, houses crumbling to rubble. New Living Translation But their cities will be ruined. They will live in abandoned houses that are ready to tumble down. English Standard Version and has lived in desolate cities, in houses that none should inhabit, which were ready to become heaps of ruins; Berean Standard Bible he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble. King James Bible And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps. New King James Version He dwells in desolate cities, In houses which no one inhabits, Which are destined to become ruins. New American Standard Bible “He has lived in desolate cities, In houses no one would inhabit, Which are destined to become ruins. NASB 1995 “He has lived in desolate cities, In houses no one would inhabit, Which are destined to become ruins. NASB 1977 “And he has lived in desolate cities, In houses no one would inhabit, Which are destined to become ruins. Legacy Standard Bible He has dwelt in desolate cities, In houses no one would inhabit, Which are destined to become ruins. Amplified Bible And he has lived in desolate [God-forsaken] cities, In houses which no one should inhabit, Which were destined to become heaps [of ruins]; Christian Standard Bible he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become piles of rubble. Holman Christian Standard Bible he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become piles of rubble. American Standard Version And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps; Aramaic Bible in Plain English And he settled desolate cities that are uninhabited and is prepared for battle Brenton Septuagint Translation And let him lodge in desolate cities, and enter into houses without inhabitant: and what they have prepared, others shall carry away. Contemporary English Version but they will live in the ruins of deserted towns. Douay-Rheims Bible He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps. English Revised Version And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man inhabited, which were ready to become heaps. GOD'S WORD® Translation He lives in ruined cities where no one dwells, in houses that are doomed to be piles of rubble. Good News Translation They are the ones who captured cities and seized houses whose owners had fled, but war will destroy those cities and houses. International Standard Version He will live in devastated towns, in abandoned houses that are about to become heaps of rubble. JPS Tanakh 1917 And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man would inhabit, Which were ready to become heaps. Literal Standard Version And he inhabits cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, | That have been ready to become heaps. Majority Standard Bible he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble. New American Bible He shall dwell in ruined cities, in houses that are deserted, crumbling into rubble. NET Bible he lived in ruined towns and in houses where no one lives, where they are ready to crumble into heaps. New Revised Standard Version they will live in desolate cities, in houses that no one should inhabit, houses destined to become heaps of ruins; New Heart English Bible He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps. Webster's Bible Translation And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps. World English Bible He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps. Young's Literal Translation And he inhabiteth cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, That have been ready to become heaps. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Eliphaz: Job Does Not Fear God…27Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh, 28he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble. 29He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.… Cross References Job 3:14 with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins, Isaiah 5:8 Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land. Isaiah 5:9 I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: "Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied. Treasury of Scripture And he dwells in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabits, which are ready to become heaps. desolate Job 3:14 With kings and counsellers of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves; Job 18:15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. Isaiah 5:8-10 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! … which are ready Jeremiah 9:11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. Jeremiah 26:18 Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest. Jeremiah 51:37 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant. Jump to Previous Broken Cities Cut Desolate Destined Dwelleth Dwelt Fate Heaps Houses Inhabit Inhabited Inhabiteth Masses Pulled Ready Resting-Place Right Rubble Ruined Ruins TownsJump to Next Broken Cities Cut Desolate Destined Dwelleth Dwelt Fate Heaps Houses Inhabit Inhabited Inhabiteth Masses Pulled Ready Resting-Place Right Rubble Ruined Ruins TownsJob 15 1. Eliphaz reproves Job for impiety in justifying himself17. He proves by tradition the restlessness of wicked men (28) Which are ready to become heaps.--This completes the description of the haughty tyrant. He dwelt in cities that are to be desolate, or that are desolate, which are ready to become heaps. This may point either to what they were in his intention, or to what he had made them, or to what, in the opinion of the speaker, they were likely to become, notwithstanding his having fortified and dwelt in them.Verse 28. - And he dwelleth in desolate cities. Blot only was he sensual and gluttenous, but he was covetous and rapacious also. He dwelt in cities which his hand had desolated - in houses which no man inhabiteth - since he had driven their owners from them - and which were ready to become heaps, i.e. were in a ruinous condition. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew he will dwellוַיִּשְׁכּ֤וֹן ׀ (way·yiš·kō·wn) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7931: To settle down, abide, dwell in ruined נִכְחָד֗וֹת (niḵ·ḥā·ḏō·wṯ) Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine plural Strong's 3582: To secrete, by act, word, to destroy cities, עָ֘רִ֤ים (‘ā·rîm) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 5892: Excitement in abandoned לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no houses בָּ֭תִּים (bāt·tîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1004: A house destined הִתְעַתְּד֣וּ (hiṯ·‘at·tə·ḏū) Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 6257: To be ready to crumble. לְגַלִּֽים׃ (lə·ḡal·lîm) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1530: Something rolled, a heap of stone, dung, a spring of water Links Job 15:28 NIVJob 15:28 NLT Job 15:28 ESV Job 15:28 NASB Job 15:28 KJV Job 15:28 BibleApps.com Job 15:28 Biblia Paralela Job 15:28 Chinese Bible Job 15:28 French Bible Job 15:28 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 15:28 He has lived in desolate cities (Jb) |