Job 15:28New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “He has lived in desolate cities, In houses no one would inhabit, Which are destined to become ruins.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And he dwelleth in desolate cities, [and] in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps;
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And he dwelleth in desolate cities, [and] in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heaps.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— And had inhabited demolished cities, houses, wherein men would not dwell, that were destined to become heaps.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And he inhabiteth cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, That have been ready to become heaps.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Though he dwell in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes,
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And he dwelleth in desolate cities, [and] in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heapes.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And he dwells in desolate cities, which no man has inhabited; then he prepares for war.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And let him lodge in desolate cities, and enter into houses without inhabitant: and what they have prepared, others shall carry away.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And he dwelleth in desolate cities, [and] in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps. |
And he dwelleth
y7931 [7931] Standardשָׁכַןshakan{shaw-kan'}
A primitive root (apparently akin (by transmutation) to H7901 through the idea of lodging; compare H5531 and H7925); to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively).
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
in
x7931 (7931) Complementשָׁכַןshakan{shaw-kan'}
A primitive root (apparently akin (by transmutation) to H7901 through the idea of lodging; compare H5531 and H7925); to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively).
desolate
3582 {3582} Primeכָּחַדkachad{kaw-khad'}
A primitive root; to secrete, by act or word; hence (intensively) to destroy.
z8737 <8737> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833) Mood - Participle (See H8813) Count - 793
cities,
5892 {5892} Primeעִיר`iyr{eer}
From H5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post).
[ and] in houses
y1004 [1004] Standardבַּיִתbayith{bah'-yith}
Probably from H1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.).
which
x1004 (1004) Complementבַּיִתbayith{bah'-yith}
Probably from H1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.).
no
x3808 (3808) Complementלֹאlo'{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
man inhabiteth,
3427 {3427} Primeיָשַׁבyashab{yaw-shab'}
A primitive root; properly to sit down (specifically as judge, in ambush, in quiet); by implication to dwell, to remain; causatively to settle, to marry.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
which
x834 (0834) Complementאֲשֶׁר'asher{ash-er'}
A primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as adverb and conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
are ready
6257 {6257} Primeעָתַד`athad{aw-thad'}
A primitive root; to prepare.
z8694 <8694> Grammar
Stem - Hithpael (See H8819) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 157
to become heaps.
1530 {1530} Primeגַּלgal{gal}
From H1556; something rolled, that is, a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins); by analogy a spring of water (plural waves). |
Job 15:28
_ _ The class of wicked here described is that of robbers who plunder “cities,” and seize on the houses of the banished citizens (Isaiah 13:20). Eliphaz chooses this class because Job had chosen the same (Job 12:6).
_ _ heaps — of ruins. |
Job 15:28
But — This is fitly opposed to the prosperity last mentioned, and is the beginning of the description of his misery. |
Job 15:28
And he dwelleth (r) in desolate cities, [and] in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
(r) Though he build and repair ruinous places to gain fame, yet God will bring all to nothing, and turn his great prosperity into extreme misery. |
- desolate:
Job 3:14 With kings and counsellors 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! ... Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.
Micah 7:18 Who [is] a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth [in] mercy.
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- 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.
Micah 3:12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed [as] a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
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