Job 15:28

Job 15:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
• New International Version (NIV)he will inhabit ruined towns and houses where no one lives, houses crumbling to rubble.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and has lived in desolate cities, in houses that none should inhabit, which were ready to become heaps of ruins;
• New King James Version (NKJV)He dwells in desolate cities, In houses which no one inhabits, Which are destined to become ruins.

Context of Job 15:28

26rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield. 27Though 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. 29He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land. 30He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.

Job 15:28 word by word

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

• he will dwellשָׁכַןshâkan · to dwellH7931
• in ruinedכָּחַדkâchad · to hideH3582
• citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• in abandonedלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• in abandonedיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• ·אֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• destinedעָתֹד‛âthad · be readyH6257
• to become rubbleגַּלgal · heapH1530

Cross-references for Job 15:28

• Job 3:14with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,
• Job 18:15Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
• Isaiah 5:8Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.
• 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?
• 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 rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’
• Jeremiah 51:37Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.
• 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.

Commentaries on Job 15:28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28He dwelleth in desolate cities - It is sometimes the fate of a tyrant to be obliged to take up his habitation in some of those cities which have been ruined by his wars, and in a house so ruinous as to be ready to fall into heaps. Ancient and modern history afford abundance of examples to illustrate this.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28And he dwelleth - Or rather, “therefore he shall dwell.” As a consequence of his opposing God, and devoting himself to a life of sensuality and ease, he shall dwell in a desolate place. Instead of living in affluence and in a splendid city, he shall be compelled to take up his abode in places that have been deserted and abandoned. Such places - like Petra or Babylon now - became the temporary lodgings of caravans and travelers, or the abodes of outcasts…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-35Verses 17-35 Eliphaz maintains that the wicked are certainly miserable: whence he would infer, that the miserable are certainly wicked, and therefore Job was so. But because many of God's people have prospered in this world, it does not therefore follow that those who are crossed and made poor, as Job, are not God's people. Eliphaz shows also that wicked people, particularly oppressors, are subject to continual terror, live very uncomfortably, and perish…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-35Evil people experience everything that happened to Job (see 1:16–19): Attacks by thieves (15:21). Loss of possessions (15:29). Collapse of houses (15:28). Fire (15:30, 34).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2828. The class of wicked here described is that of robbers who plunder "cities," and seize on the houses of the banished citizens (Is 13:20). Eliphaz chooses this class because Job had chosen the same (Job 12:6). heaps--of ruins.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 15:28

• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Conceive
• Restrain
• Secret
• Unprofitable
• Wait
• Wander
• Eliphaz (2)
• Heap
• Eliphaz

Commentaries on Job 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary