Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

There dwells in his tent nothing of his;
Brimstone is scattered on his habitation.

King James Version

It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

Holman Bible

Nothing he owned remains in his tent.
Burning sulfur is scattered over his home.

International Standard Version

"There's nothing in his tent that belongs to him; sulfur is scattered all over his dwelling place.

A Conservative Version

There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

American Standard Version

There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his: Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

Amplified


“Nothing of his dwells in his tent;
Brimstone (burning sulfur) is scattered over his dwelling [to purify it].

Bible in Basic English

In his tent will be seen that which is not his, burning stone is dropped on his house.

Darby Translation

They who are none of his shall dwell in his tent; brimstone shall be showered upon his habitation:

Julia Smith Translation

It shall dwell in his tent, from not to him: brimstone shall be scattered upon his dwelling.

King James 2000

They shall dwell in his tent, who are none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"{Nothing} remains for him in his tent; sulfur is scattered upon his dwelling place.

Modern King James verseion

What is not his shall dwell in his tent; brimstone shall be scattered on his home.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Other men shall dwell in his house - which now is none of his - and brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

NET Bible

Fire resides in his tent; over his residence burning sulfur is scattered.

New Heart English Bible

There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur shall be scattered on his habitation.

The Emphasized Bible

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

Webster

It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

World English Bible

There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur shall be scattered on his habitation.

Youngs Literal Translation

It dwelleth in his tent -- out of his provender, Scattered over his habitation is sulphur.

Interlinear

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

אהל 
'ohel 
Usage: 345

because it is none
בּלי 
B@liy 
not, without, un..., lack of, so that no, corruption
Usage: 56

גּפרית 
Gophriyth 
Usage: 7

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Watsons

Context Readings

Bildad's Second Speech

14 He is torn from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors. 15 There dwells in his tent nothing of his;
Brimstone is scattered on his habitation.
16 His roots dry up below and his branches wither above.

Cross References

Psalm 11:6

He rains down fire and burning sulfur upon wicked people. He makes them drink from a cup filled with scorching wind.

Genesis 19:24

Jehovah made burning sulfur and fire rain out of the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah.

Deuteronomy 29:23

All its land is brimstone and salt. It is a burning waste, unsown and unproductive. No grass grows on it. Like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger and in his wrath.

Job 18:12-13

Calamity hungers for him and disaster catch him when he falls.

Job 20:18-21

What he toiled for he must give back uneaten. He will not enjoy the profit from his trading.

Job 31:38-39

If my land has cried out against me, and its furrows have wept together.

Isaiah 34:9-10

Edom's streams will be turned to tar. Its soil will be turned to burning sulfur. Its land will become blazing tar.

Jeremiah 22:13

Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness and his upper rooms without justice. Woe to him who uses his neighbor's services without pay and does not give him his wages.

Habakkuk 2:6-11

Will they all taunt him by directing clever sayings and riddles at him? They will say: How horrible it will be for the one who makes himself rich with what is not his own (by extortion) and makes himself wealthy on loans. How long will this go on?

Zechariah 5:4

I will cause it to happen, said Jehovah of Hosts, and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of he who swears falsely by my name. The curse will abide in the midst of his house and will consume it with the timber and the stones of the house.

Revelation 19:20

The beast was captured, and with him the false prophet that performed signs before him, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast, and those who worshiped his image. These both were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with sulfur.

Revelation 21:8

But the fearful and unbelieving, abominable and murderers, fornicators and those practicing spiritism, idolaters and all liars shall have their part in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur: which is the second death.

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