Job 15:28

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׁכּוֹן עָרִים נִכְחָדוֹת בָּתִּים לֹא־יֵשְׁבוּ לָמוֹ אֲשֶׁר הִתְעַתְּדוּ לְגַלִּים

Transliteration

wayyiškôn ʿārîm niḵḥādôt bāttîm lōʾ-yēšḇû lāmô ʾăšer hitʿattədû ləḡallîm

Grammar Details

• *wayyiškôn*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he dwells
• *ʿārîm*: noun, feminine plural - cities
• *niḵḥādôt*: niphal participle, feminine plural - desolate
• *bāttîm*: noun, masculine plural - houses
• *lōʾ-yēšḇû*: negative particle + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they do not dwell
• *lāmô*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - in them
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which
• *hitʿattədû*: hithpael perfect, 3rd common plural - are ready
• *ləḡallîm*: preposition + noun, masculine plural - for ruins

Word Meanings

• *šāḵan*: to dwell, abide, reside
• *ʿîr*: city, town
• *kāḥad*: to hide, conceal, desolate
• *bayit*: house, dwelling, family
• *yāšaḇ*: to sit, dwell, remain
• *ʿātad*: to be ready, prepare
• *gal*: heap, wave, spring

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  he will dwell in desolated cities, in houses no one inhabits, destined to become ruins.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he hath dwelt{H7931} in desolate{H3582} cities,{H5892} In houses{H1004} which no man inhabited,{H3427} Which were ready{H6257} to become heaps;{H1530}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he dwelleth{H7931}{(H8799)} in desolate{H3582}{(H8737)} cities{H5892}, and in houses{H1004} which no man inhabiteth{H3427}{(H8799)}, which are ready{H6257}{(H8694)} to become heaps{H1530}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Therfore shall his dwellynge be in desolate cities, & in houses which no ma inhabiteth, but are become heapes of stones.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Though he dwell in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

• Job 3:14 : 14 With kings and counselors of the earth, who built ruins for themselves;
• Job 18:15 : 15 It shall dwell in his tent, because it is no longer his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
• Isa 5:8-9 : 8 Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, till there is no place, that they may dwell alone in the midst of the earth! 9 In my ears said the LORD of hosts, Truly many houses shall be desolate, even great and beautiful, without inhabitant. 10 Indeed, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah.
• Jer 9:11 : 11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
• Jer 26:18 : 18 Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts: Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
• Jer 51:37 : 37 Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for dragons, an astonishment, and a hissing, without an inhabitant.
• Mic 3:12 : 12 Therefore for your sake Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
• Mic 7:18 : 18 Who is a God like you, that pardons iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in mercy.