Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

And had inhabited demolished cities, houses, wherein men would not dwell, that were destined to become heaps.

New American Standard Bible

“He has lived in desolate cities,
In houses no one would inhabit,
Which are destined to become ruins.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

he will dwell in ruined cities,
in abandoned houses destined to become piles of rubble.

International Standard Version

He will live in devastated towns, in abandoned houses that are about to become heaps of rubble.

A Conservative Version

And he has dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


And he has lived in desolate [God-forsaken] cities,
In houses which no one should inhabit,
Which were destined to become heaps [of ruins];

Bible in Basic English

And 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.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

And he will dwell in cities out off, the houses shall not be inhabited by them, which were ready for heaps.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

{he will dwell} [in] desolate cities, in houses that they should not inhabit, which are destined for rubble.

Modern King James verseion

And he lives in cut off cities, in houses where none are living, which are ready to become heaps.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Therefore shall his dwelling be in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabits, but are become heaps of stones.

NET Bible

he lived in ruined towns and in houses where no one lives, where they are ready to crumble into heaps.

New Heart English Bible

He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.

Webster

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

World English Bible

He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.

Youngs Literal Translation

And he inhabiteth cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, That have been ready to become heaps.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁכן 
Shakan 
Usage: 128

כּחד 
Kachad 
Usage: 32

עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

and in houses
בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

עתד 
`athad 
Usage: 2

References

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Context Readings

Eliphaz's Second Response To Job

27 For he had covered his face with his fatness, and had gathered a superabundance on his loins; 28 And had inhabited demolished cities, houses, wherein men would not dwell, that were destined to become heaps. 29 He shall not be rich, nor shall his substance continue, neither shall their shadow stretch along on the earth;

Cross References

Job 3:14

With kings, and counselors of the earth, who had built them pyramids:

Job 18:15

There shall dwell in his tent, what is naught-of-his, Let brimstone be strewed over his dwelling;

Isaiah 5:8-10

Alas for them who join house to house, Field to field, bring they near, - Until there is no room, But ye are left to dwell alone in the midst of the land.

Jeremiah 9:11

Thus will I give up Jerusalem To heaps, A habitation for jackals, - And the cities of Judah, will I give up to desolation, without inhabitant.

Jeremiah 26:18

Micah the Morashtite, was prophesying, in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, - and he spake unto all the people of Judah, saying, thus, saith Yahweh of hosts - Zion, as a field, shall be plowed, And, Jerusalem, into heaps of ruins, shall be turned, And, the mountain of the house, be like mounds in a jungle,

Jeremiah 51:37

Thus shall Babylon become - Heaps A habitation of jackals An astonishment, and A hissing, Without inhabitant.

Micah 3:12

Wherefore, for your sake, Zion, as a field, shall be ploughed, and, Jerusalem, unto heaps of ruins, shall be turned, - and, the mountain of the house, shall be like mounds in a jungle.

Micah 7:18

Who is a GOD like unto thee, taking away the iniquity - and passing over the transgression - of the remnant of his inheritance? He hath not held fast, perpetually, his anger, for, one who delighteth in lovingkindness, is he!

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