Job 15:28

²⁶ He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

²⁷ Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

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

²⁹ He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

³⁰ He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go 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 counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;
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Jeremiah 51:37
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
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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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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.
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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.
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Job 18:15
It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
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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!
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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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