Job 18:15
New International Version
Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling.

New Living Translation
The homes of the wicked will burn down; burning sulfur rains on their houses.

English Standard Version
In his tent dwells that which is none of his; sulfur is scattered over his habitation.

Berean Standard Bible
Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.

King James Bible
It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

New King James Version
They dwell in his tent who are none of his; Brimstone is scattered on his dwelling.

New American Standard Bible
“Nothing of his dwells in his tent; Brimstone is scattered on his home.

NASB 1995
“There dwells in his tent nothing of his; Brimstone is scattered on his habitation.

NASB 1977
“There dwells in his tent nothing of his; Brimstone is scattered on his habitation.

Legacy Standard Bible
There dwells in his tent nothing of his; Brimstone is scattered on his abode.

Amplified Bible
“Nothing of his dwells in his tent; Brimstone (burning sulfur) is scattered over his dwelling [to purify it].

Christian Standard Bible
Nothing he owned remains in his tent. Burning sulfur is scattered over his home.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Nothing he owned remains in his tent. Burning sulfur is scattered over his home.

American Standard Version
There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his: Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

Contemporary English Version
Then their tents and possessions are burned to ashes,

English Revised Version
There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Fire lives in his tent. Sulfur is scattered over his home.

Good News Translation
Now anyone may live in their tents--after sulfur is sprinkled to disinfect them!

International Standard Version
"There's nothing in his tent that belongs to him; sulfur is scattered all over his dwelling place.

Majority Standard Bible
Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.

NET Bible
Fire resides in his tent; over his residence burning sulfur is scattered.

New Heart English Bible
There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur shall be scattered on his habitation.

Webster's Bible Translation
It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

World English Bible
There will dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur will be scattered on his habitation.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
It dwells in his tent—out of his provender, "" Sulfur is scattered over his habitation.

Young's Literal Translation
It dwelleth in his tent -- out of his provender, Scattered over his habitation is sulphur.

Smith's Literal Translation
It shall dwell in his tent, from not to him: brimstone shall be scattered upon his dwelling.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Let the companions of him that is not, dwell in his tabernacle, let brimstone be sprinkled in his tent.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Let the companions of he who is not, dwell in his tabernacle; let brimstone rain down upon his tabernacle.

New American Bible
Fire lodges in his tent, over his abode brimstone is scattered.

New Revised Standard Version
In their tents nothing remains; sulfur is scattered upon their habitations.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Others shall dwell in his tent, because there is no one in it; brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And they shall dwell in his tent, that which no man has; brimstone will be cast on his place
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his; Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
It shall dwell in his tabernacle in his night: his excellency shall be sown with brimstone.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Bildad: God Punishes the Wicked
14He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors. 15Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling. 16The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.…

Cross References
Proverbs 3:33
The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.

Deuteronomy 28:15-20
If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: / You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country. / Your basket and kneading bowl will be cursed. ...

Psalm 109:10
May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.

Isaiah 14:22-23
“I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD. / “I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.

Jeremiah 49:18
As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.

Zephaniah 2:9
Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”

1 Kings 21:21-24
This is what the LORD says: ‘I will bring calamity on you and consume your descendants; I will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel, both slave and free. / I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have provoked My anger and caused Israel to sin.’ / And the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’ ...

Malachi 4:1
“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”

Ezekiel 24:21-23
Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.’ / Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners. / Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins, and you will groan among yourselves.

Amos 3:15
I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory will also perish, and the great houses will come to an end,” declares the LORD.

Matthew 23:38
Look, your house is left to you desolate.

Luke 13:35
Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

Romans 1:18
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.

1 Thessalonians 2:16
hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.

Hebrews 10:27
but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.


Treasury of Scripture

It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered on his habitation.

dwell

Job 18:12,13
His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side…

Zechariah 5:4
I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

because

Job 20:18-21
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein

Job 31:38,39
If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; …

Jeremiah 22:13
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;

brimstone

Genesis 19:24
Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

Deuteronomy 29:23
And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

Psalm 11:6
Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

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Job 18
1. Bildad reproves Job for presumption and impatience
5. The calamities of the wicked














Fire resides in his tent
This phrase paints a vivid picture of destruction and judgment. The Hebrew word for "fire" here is "אֵשׁ" (esh), often symbolizing divine judgment or purification throughout the Old Testament. In the context of Job, Bildad is suggesting that the wicked man's dwelling is consumed by fire, indicating God's wrath upon his household. Historically, fire was a common method of destruction, and its presence in one's tent would signify total ruin and loss. This imagery serves as a stark warning of the consequences of living a life contrary to God's will.

burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling
The mention of "burning sulfur" (Hebrew: "גָּפְרִית" - gophrith) evokes the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, where sulfur rained down as a divine punishment (Genesis 19:24). This reference would have been a powerful reminder to the original audience of the severe consequences of sin. The scattering of sulfur over a dwelling suggests a complete and irreversible devastation, emphasizing the totality of divine judgment. In a broader scriptural context, sulfur is often associated with hell and eternal punishment, reinforcing the gravity of Bildad's warning to Job about the fate of the wicked.

(15) It shall dwell in his tabernacle.--Or, "There shall dwell in his tent they that are none of his," or "which is no longer his": i.e., terrors shall dwell, or, "which is none of his" may hint that it had been violently taken from some one else. "Brimstone shall be scattered on his dwelling" is probably an allusion to the cities of the plain (Genesis 19).

Verse 15. - It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his; either, it (i.e. terror) shall dwell in his tabernacle which is no longer his; or, they shall dwell in his tabernacle that are none of his; i.e. strangers st, all inhabit the place where he dwelt heretofore (compare the Revised Version). Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. As God rained fire and brimstone out of heaven upon the cities of the plain (Genesis 19:24), so shall brimstone be scattered upon his habitation to ruin and destroy it (comp. Deuteronomy 29:23; Psalm 11:6).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Fire
מִבְּלִי־ (mib·bə·lî-)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's 1097: Failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as

resides
תִּשְׁכּ֣וֹן (tiš·kō·wn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 7931: To settle down, abide, dwell

in his tent;
בְּ֭אָהֳלוֹ (bə·’ā·ho·lōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 168: A tent

brimstone
גָפְרִֽית׃ (ḡā·p̄ə·rîṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1614: Cypress-resin, sulphur

is scattered
יְזֹרֶ֖ה (yə·zō·reh)
Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2219: To toss about, to diffuse, winnow

over
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

his home.
נָוֵ֣הוּ (nā·wê·hū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5116: Abode of shepherd or flocks, habitation


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