New King James Version
Job 15:28
28He dwells in desolate cities, In houses which no one inhabits, Which are destined to become ruins.
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 Living Translation (NLT)But their cities will be ruined. They will live in abandoned houses that are ready to tumble down.
Context of Job 15:28
26Running stubbornly against Him With his strong, embossed shield. 27“Though he has covered his face with his fatness, And made his waist heavy with fat, He dwells in desolate cities, In houses which no one inhabits, Which are destined to become ruins. 29He will not be rich, Nor will his wealth continue, Nor will his possessions overspread the earth. 30He will not depart from darkness; The flame will dry out his branches, And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
Read all of Job 15Job 15:28 word by word
וַיִּשְׁכּ֤וֹן׀ עָ֘רִ֤ים נִכְחָד֗וֹת בָּ֭תִּים לֹא־יֵ֣שְׁבוּ לָ֑מוֹ אֲשֶׁ֖ר הִתְעַתְּד֣וּ לְגַלִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 15:28
- Job 3:14With kings and counselors of the earth, Who built ruins for themselves,
- Job 18:15They dwell in his tent who are none of his; Brimstone is scattered on his dwelling.
- Isaiah 5:8Woe to those who join house to house; They add field to field, Till there is no place Where they may dwell alone in the midst of the land!
- Micah 7:18Who is a God like You, Pardoning iniquity And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy.
- Jeremiah 9:11“I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a den of jackals. I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.”
- Jeremiah 26:18“Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Zion shall be plowed like a field, Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins, And the mountain of the temple Like the bare hills of the forest.” ’
- Jeremiah 51:37Babylon shall become a heap, A dwelling place for jackals, An astonishment and a hissing, Without an inhabitant.
- Micah 3:12Therefore because of you Zion shall be plowed like a field, Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins, And the mountain of the temple Like the bare hills of the 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
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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
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