Job 39:6
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
To whomאֲשֶׁר־
(a·sher-)
834: who, which, thata prim. pronoun
I gaveשַׂ֣מְתִּי
(sam·ti)
7760: to put, place, seta prim. root
the wildernessעֲרָבָ֣ה
(a·ra·vah)
6160: a steppe or desert plain, also a desert valley running S. from the Sea of Galileefrom the same as Arab
for a homeבֵיתֹ֑ו
(vei·tov;)
1004: a housea prim. root
And the salt landמְלֵֽחָה׃
(me·le·chah.)
4420: saltiness, barrennessfrom the same as melach
for his dwelling place?וּֽמִשְׁכְּנֹותָ֥יו
(u·mish·ke·no·v·tav)
4908: dwelling place, tabernaclefrom shakan


















KJV Lexicon
Whose house
bayith  (bah'-yith)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
I have made
suwm  (soom)
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work.
the wilderness
`arabah  (ar-aw-baw')
a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea -- Arabah, champaign, desert, evening, heaven, plain, wilderness.
and the barren
mlechah  (mel-ay-khaw')
salted (i.e. land), i.e. a desert -- barren land(-ness), salt (land).
land his dwellings
mishkan  (mish-kawn')
a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the Temple); specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its wooden walls)
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
To whom I gave the wilderness for a home And the salt land for his dwelling place?

King James Bible
Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I made the wilderness its home, and the salty wasteland its dwelling.

International Standard Version
to whom I've given the Arabah for a home; the salt plain for his dwelling place?

NET Bible
to whom I appointed the steppe for its home, the salt wastes as its dwelling place?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I gave it the desert to live in and the salt flats as its dwelling place.

King James 2000 Bible
Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
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