Job 15:28
What does Job 15:28 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 15:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
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WEB
World English Bible · 2000And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps;
KJV
King James Version · 1611And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And he has made his resting-place in the towns which have been pulled down, in houses where no man had a right to be, whose fate was to become masses of broken walls.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And he inhabiteth cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, That have been ready to become heaps.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heaps.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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 a forest.
- Jeremiah 9:11
And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
- Isaiah 5:8
Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!
- Job 3:14
With kings and counsellors of the earth, Who built up waste places for themselves;
- Jeremiah 51:37
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
- Micah 7:18
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in lovingkindness.
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