Job 15:28

In 11 translations

BSB

he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.

KJV

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

WEB

He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.

ASV

And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps;

LSV

And he inhabits cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, || That have been ready to become heaps.

YLT

And he inhabiteth cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, That have been ready to become heaps.

DBY

And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heaps.

DRC

He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps.

GNV

Though he dwell in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes,

JPS

And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man would inhabit, which were ready to become heaps.

LXXE

And let him lodge in desolate cities, and enter into houses without inhabitant: and what they have prepared, others shall carry away.

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WLC

וַיִּשְׁכּ֤וֹן ׀ עָ֘רִ֤ים נִכְחָד֗וֹת בָּ֭תִּים לֹא־יֵ֣שְׁבוּ לָ֑מוֹ אֲשֶׁ֖ר הִתְעַתְּד֣וּ לְגַלִּֽים׃

LXX-Br

Αὐλισθείη δὲ πόλεις ἐρήμους, εἰσέλθοι δὲ εἰς οἴκους ἀοικήτους· ἃ δὲ ἐκεῖνοι ἡτοίμασαν, ἄλλοι ἀποίσονται.

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• Job 3:14with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,
• Jeremiah 51:37Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.
• Jeremiah 9:11“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
• Jeremiah 26:18“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of…
• Micah 7:18Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
• Job 18:15Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
• Isaiah 5:8–10Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land. I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left…
• Micah 3:12Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.

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