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Job 3:14

With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;

KJV

cum regibus et consulibus terræ, qui ædificant sibi solitudines ;

Vulgate

μετὰ βασιλέων βουλευτῶν γῆς, οἳ ἠγαυριῶντο ἐπὶ ξίφεσιν,

LXX

With kings and counsellors of the earth, Who built up waste places for themselves;

ASV

עִם מְ֭לָכִים וְ/יֹ֣עֲצֵי אָ֑רֶץ הַ/בֹּנִ֖ים חֳרָב֣וֹת לָֽ/מוֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
בְנ֣וֹת
bnvt
verb · 365×
חָרְב֥וֹת
chrbvt
noun · 42×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
נֽוֹעָצִ֔ים
nv'tsym
verb · 79×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Isa 14:10 — All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
  • Isa 22:16 — What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?
  • Job 15:28 — And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
  • Job 15:28 — And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
  • Ps 49:14 — Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
  • Ps 89:48 — What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.