Job 15:28
26 rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.
27 Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,
he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.
29 He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.
30 He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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;
- DARBY
- And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heaps.
- BLB
- And he dwells in desolate cities, houses in which they do not dwell, which are ready to be heaps.
- ÅB
- og bodde i ødelagte byer, i hus hvor ingen skulle bo, og som var bestemt til å bli grusdynger.
- OTB
- skal han bo i øde byer,
i hus ingen bor i,
bestemt til å bli ruiner. - B1930
- og bodde i ødelagte byer, i hus hvor ingen skulde bo, og som var bestemt til å bli grusdynger.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 3:14
with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,
Read in contextJeremiah 51:37
Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.
Read in contextMicah 7:18
Who 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?
Read in contextJeremiah 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 rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’
Read in contextJeremiah 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.”
Read in contextJob 18:15
Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
Read in contextIsaiah 5:8–10
Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.
Read in contextMicah 3:12
Therefore, 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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