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

26He runneth against him, with [outstretched] neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers; 27For he hath covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon [his] flanks. And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heaps. 29He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth. 30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches; and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

Job 15:28 word by word

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

• citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• housesבֵּיתbayith · betweenH1004
• heapsגַּלgal · heapH1530

Cross-references for Job 15:28

• Job 3:14With kings and counsellors of the earth, who build desolate places for themselves,
• Job 18:15They who are none of his shall dwell in his tent; brimstone shall be showered upon his habitation:
• Isaiah 5:8Woe unto them that add house to house, that join field to field, until there is no more room, and that ye dwell yourselves alone in the midst of the land!
• Micah 7:18Who is a God like unto thee, that forgiveth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in loving-kindness.
• Jeremiah 9:11And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
• Jeremiah 26:18Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Zion shall be ploughed [as] a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
• Jeremiah 51:37And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
• Micah 3:12Therefore shall Zion for your sake be ploughed [as] a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

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