Job 39:6
What does Job 39:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 39:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949To whom I have given the waste land for a heritage, and the salt land as a living-place.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Whose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752To whom I have given a house in the wilderness, and his dwellings in the barren land.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Whose house I made the wilderness, and the salt plain his dwellings?
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 47:11
But the miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall not be healed; they shall be given up to salt.
- Jeremiah 2:24
a wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
- Hosea 8:9
For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
- Job 24:5
Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wildernessyieldeththem bread for their children.
- Deuteronomy 29:23
and that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and a burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
- Psalms 107:34
A fruitful land into a salt desert, For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
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