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Job 15:28

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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10 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּשְׁכּ֤וֹן׀vai.yish.Konand he dweltH7931 →
עָ֘רִ֤ים'a.RimcitiesH5892 →
נִכְחָד֗וֹתnikh.cha.DotdestroyedH3582 →
בָּ֭תִּיםBa.timhousesH1004 →
לֹא־lo'-[which] notH3808 →
יֵ֣שְׁבוּYe.she.vupeople will dwellH3427 →
לָ֑מוֹla.mo<for> themselves
אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
הִתְעַתְּד֣וּhit.'a.te.Duthey are destinedH6257 →
לְגַלִּֽים׃le.ga.Limfor heaps of stonesH1530 →

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Job 3:14with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,Jeremiah 51:37Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.Jeremiah 26:18“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’Micah 7:18Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?Isaiah 5:8–10Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.Micah 3:12Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.Job 18:15Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.Jeremiah 9:11“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”

About Job

Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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