Job 21:28

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For you say, 'Where is the house of the noble? Where is the tent of the dwellings of the wicked?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י תֹֽאמְר֗וּ אַיֵּ֥ה בֵית־נָדִ֑יב וְ֝אַיֵּ֗ה אֹ֤הֶל ׀ מִשְׁכְּנ֬וֹת רְשָׁעִֽים׃

Transliteration

kî tōʾmərû ʾayyēh bêt-nādîb wə-ʾayyēh ʾōhel miškənôt rəšāʿîm

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for/because/when
• *tōʾmərû*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you say
• *ʾayyēh*: interrogative adverb - where
• *bêt*: noun masculine singular construct - house of
• *nādîb*: adjective masculine singular - noble/prince
• *wə-ʾayyēh*: conjunctive waw + interrogative adverb - and where
• *ʾōhel*: noun masculine singular construct - tent of
• *miškənôt*: noun masculine plural construct - dwelling places of
• *rəšāʿîm*: noun masculine plural - wicked ones

Word Meanings

• *ʾāmar*: to say/speak/tell
• *bayit*: house/home/dwelling
• *nādîb*: noble/generous/prince
• *ʾōhel*: tent/dwelling
• *miškān*: dwelling place/tabernacle
• *rāšāʿ*: wicked/guilty person

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For you say, 'Where is the house of the prince? And where are the dwelling places of the wicked?'

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For ye say,{H559} Where is the house{H1004} of the prince?{H5081} And where is the tent{H4908} wherein the wicked{H7563} dwelt?{H4908}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For ye say{H559}{(H8799)}, Where is the house{H1004} of the prince{H5081}? and where are the dwelling{H4908} places{H168} of the wicked{H7563}?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For ye saye: where is the prynces palace? where is the dwellynge of the vngodly:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For ye say, Where is the princes house? & where is the tabernacle of the wickeds dwelling?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For ye say where is the princes palace? and where is the dwelling of the vngodly?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For ye say, Where [is] the house of the prince? and where [are] the dwelling places of the wicked?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For you say, 'Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?'

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For ye say, `Where `is' the house of the noble? And where the tent -- The tabernacles of the wicked?'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For you say, Where is the house of the ruler, and where is the tent of the evil-doer?

• World English Bible (2000)

  For you say, 'Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For you say,‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked lived?’

Referenced Verses

• Job 8:22 : 22 Your enemies will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will no longer exist.
• Job 20:7 : 7 he will perish forever like his own waste; those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'
• Job 31:37 : 37 I would give him an account of my every step; I would present it to him like a prince.
• Ps 37:36 : 36 Yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched for him, he could not be found.
• Ps 52:5-6 : 5 You love evil more than good, and falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah. 6 You love all words that destroy, O deceitful tongue.
• Hab 2:9-9 : 9 Woe to the one who gains unjust wealth for his house, to set his nest on high, to be safe from the reach of calamity! 10 You have planned disgrace for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your own life. 11 For the stone will cry out from the wall, and the wooden beam will answer it.
• Zech 5:4 : 4 'I will send it out,' declares the LORD of Hosts, 'and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by my name. It will remain inside their house and consume it completely, including its timber and stones.'
• Num 16:26-34 : 26 He warned the assembly, "Move away from the tents of these wicked men! Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins." 27 So they moved away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram had come out and were standing with their wives, children, and little ones at the entrances to their tents. 28 Then Moses said, "This is how you will know that the Lord has sent me to do all these things and that it was not my own idea: 29 If these men die a natural death and experience only what usually happens to men, then the Lord has not sent me. 30 But if the Lord brings about something unprecedented and the ground opens its mouth to swallow them and everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the grave, then you will know that these men have treated the Lord with contempt. 31 As soon as he finished speaking all these words, the ground beneath them split apart. 32 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households, along with all of Korah's men and all their possessions. 33 They went down alive into the grave, with everything they owned; the earth closed over them, and they perished from the community. 34 All the Israelites around them ran away at their cries, saying, 'The earth might swallow us too!'
• Job 1:3 : 3 His wealth consisted of seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very large household. He was the greatest man among all the people of the east.