Job 18:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תִּשְׁכּוֹן בְּאָהֳלוֹ מִבְּלִי־לוֹ יְזֹרֶה עַל־נָוֵהוּ גָפְרִית

Transliteration

tiškôn bəʾohŏlô mibbəlî-lô yəzōreh ʿal-nāwēhû gop̄rîṯ

Grammar Details

• *tiškôn*: Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - it will dwell
• *bəʾohŏlô*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his tent
• *mibbəlî-lô*: preposition + negation + preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - from lack to him
• *yəzōreh*: Pual imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will be scattered
• *ʿal-nāwēhû*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - upon his habitation
• *gop̄rîṯ*: noun, feminine singular - sulfur

Word Meanings

• *tiškôn*: will dwell/reside/inhabit
• *bəʾohŏlô*: in his tent/dwelling
• *mibbəlî-lô*: from lack to him/because it is not his/what does not belong to him
• *yəzōreh*: will be scattered/sprinkled/strewn
• *ʿal-nāwēhû*: upon his habitation/dwelling place
• *gop̄rîṯ*: sulfur/brimstone

Referenced Verses

• Ps 11:6 : 6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
• Isa 34:9-9 : 9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. 10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
• Deut 29:23 : 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, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
• Job 18:12-13 : 12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side. 13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
• Job 20:18-21 : 18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein. 19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; 20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. 21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
• Job 31:38-39 : 38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; 39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
• Jer 22:13 : 13 Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
• Hab 2:6-9 : 6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay! 7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them? 8 Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. 9 Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! 10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. 11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
• Zech 5:4 : 4 I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
• Rev 19:20 : 20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
• Rev 21:8 : 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
• Gen 19:24 : 24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;