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Bildad: God Punishes the Wicked

Job 18:15

In 11 translations

BSB
Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
KJV
It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
WEB
There will dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur will be scattered on his habitation.
ASV
There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his: Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
LSV
It dwells in his tent—out of his provender, || Sulfur is scattered over his habitation.
YLT
It dwelleth in his tent — out of his provender, Scattered over his habitation is sulphur.
DBY
They who are none of his shall dwell in his tent; brimstone shall be showered upon his habitation:
DRC
Let the companions of him that is not, dwell in his tabernacle, let brimstone be sprinkled in his tent.
GNV
Feare shall dwell in his house (because it is not his) and brimstone shalbe scattered vpon his habitation.
JPS
There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his; brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
LXXE
It shall dwell in his tabernacle in his night: his excellency shall be sown with brimstone.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia and Ben Chaim’s Second Rabbinic Bible reads מִבְּלִי־; Leningrad Codex reads מִבְּלִי (“because not”).

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC
תִּשְׁכּ֣וֹן בְּ֭אָהֳלוֹ מִבְּלִי־ל֑וֹ יְזֹרֶ֖ה עַל־נָוֵ֣הוּ גָפְרִֽית׃
LXX-Br
Κατασκηνώσει ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ αὐτοῦ ἐν νυκτὶ αὐτοῦ, κατασπαρήσονται τὰ εὐπρεπῆ αὐτοῦ θείῳ.

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  • Psalms 11:6On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
  • Isaiah 34:9–10Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch. It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie…
  • Deuteronomy 29:23All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce…
  • Jeremiah 22:13“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,
  • Zechariah 5:4I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and…
  • Job 20:18–21He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading. For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build. Because his appetite is never…
  • Revelation 21:8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
  • Genesis 19:24Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
  • Habakkuk 2:6–11Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’ Will not your creditors…
  • Job 18:12–13His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side. It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.
  • Revelation 19:20But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown…
  • Job 31:38–39if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together, if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,

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