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Job 15:28

And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

KJV

Habitavit in civitatibus desolatis, et in domibus desertis, quæ in tumulos sunt redactæ.

Vulgate

αὐλισθείη δὲ πόλεις ἐρήμους, εἰσέλθοι δὲ εἰς οἴκους ἀοικήτους· ἃ δὲ ἐκεῖνοι ἡτοίμασαν, ἄλλοι ἀποίσονται.

LXX

And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps;

ASV

וַ/יִּשְׁכּ֤וֹן עָ֘רִ֤ים נִכְחָד֗וֹת בָּ֭תִּים לֹא יֵ֣שְׁבוּ לָ֑/מוֹ אֲשֶׁ֖ר הִתְעַתְּד֣וּ לְ/גַלִּֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
הִתְעַתְּד֣וּ
ht'tdv
verb · 2×
ו
v
noun · 34×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נִכְחַ֣ד
nkchd
verb · 32×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
שַׁכֵּ֥ן
shkn
verb · 123×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Jer 51:37 — And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
  • Job 3:14 — With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;
  • Job 3:14 — With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;