Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

with the kings and counselors of the earth,
who rebuilt ruined cities for themselves,

New American Standard Bible

With kings and with counselors of the earth,
Who rebuilt ruins for themselves;

King James Version

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

International Standard Version

along with kings and counselors of the earth, who used to build for themselves what are now only ruins,

A Conservative Version

with kings and counselors of the earth, who built waste places for themselves,

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


With kings and counselors of the earth,
Who built up [now desolate] ruins for themselves;

Bible in Basic English

With kings and the wise ones of the earth, who put up great houses for themselves;

Darby Translation

With kings and counsellors of the earth, who build desolate places for themselves,

Julia Smith Translation

With kings and counselors of the earth building the wastes for themselves;

King James 2000

With kings and counselors of the earth, who built desolate places for themselves;

Lexham Expanded Bible

with kings and counselors of [the] earth, who {rebuild} ruins for themselves,

Modern King James verseion

with kings and wise men of the earth, who built ruins for themselves,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

like as the kings and lords of the earth, which build themselves special places:

NET Bible

with kings and counselors of the earth who built for themselves places now desolate,

New Heart English Bible

with kings and counselors of the earth, who built up waste places for themselves;

The Emphasized Bible

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

Webster

With kings and counselors of the earth, who built desolate places for themselves;

World English Bible

with kings and counselors of the earth, who built up waste places for themselves;

Youngs Literal Translation

With kings and counsellors of earth, These building wastes for themselves.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
With kings
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

of the earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

בּנה 
Banah 
Usage: 376

References

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

Job Wishes He Had Died

13 Now I would certainly be lying down in peace;
I would be asleep.
Then I would be at rest
14 with the kings and counselors of the earth,
who rebuilt ruined cities for themselves,
15 or with princes who had gold,
who filled their houses with silver.


Cross References

Job 15:28

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

1 Kings 2:10

Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of David.

1 Kings 11:43

Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam became king in his place.

Job 12:17

He leads counselors away barefoot
and makes judges go mad.

Job 30:23

Yes, I know that You will lead me to death—
the place appointed for all who live.

Psalm 49:6-10

They trust in their wealth
and boast of their abundant riches.

Psalm 49:14

Like sheep they are headed for Sheol;
Death will shepherd them.
The upright will rule over them in the morning,
and their form will waste away in Sheol,
far from their lofty abode.

Psalm 89:48

What man can live and never see death?
Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?Selah

Ecclesiastes 8:8

No one has authority over the wind to restrain it, and there is no authority over the day of death; there is no furlough in battle, and wickedness will not allow those who practice it to escape.

Isaiah 5:8

Woe to those who add house to house
and join field to field
until there is no more room
and you alone are left in the land.

Isaiah 14:10-16

They all respond to you, saying:
“You too have become as weak as we are;
you have become like us!

Isaiah 58:12

Some of you will rebuild the ancient ruins;
you will restore the foundations laid long ago;
you will be called the repairer of broken walls,
the restorer of streets where people live.

Ezekiel 26:20

then I will bring you down to be with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the underworld like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or display your splendor in the land of the living.

Ezekiel 27:18-32

Damascus was also your trading partner because of your numerous products and your great wealth of every kind, trading in wine from Helbon and white wool.

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