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Job 39:6

Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.

KJV

cui dedi in solitudine domum, et tabernacula ejus in terra salsuginis.

Vulgate

ἐθέμην δὲ τὴν δίαιταν αὐτοῦ ἔρημον, καὶ τὰ σκηνώματα αὐτοῦ ἁλμυρίδα.

LXX

Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place?

ASV

אֲשֶׁר שַׂ֣מְתִּי עֲרָבָ֣ה בֵית֑/וֹ וּֽ/מִשְׁכְּנוֹתָ֥י/ו מְלֵֽחָה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
מְלֵחָ֖ה
mlchh
noun · 3×
מִּשְׁכָּ֖ן
mshkn
noun · 138×
עַֽרְבֹ֣ת
'rbt
noun · 61×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Deut 29:23 — And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, whic
  • Jer 2:24 — A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
  • Jer 17:6 — For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
  • Jer 17:6 — For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
  • Job 24:5 — Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
  • Ps 107:34 — A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.