Job 15:28

He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

27Fatness hath covered his face, and the fat hangeth down on his sides.

29He shall not be enriched, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he push his root in the earth.

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Cross References

Job 3:14With kings and consuls of the earth, who build themselves solitudes:

Isaiah 5:8dummy verses inserted by amos

Jeremiah 26:18Micheas of Morasthi was a prophet in the days of Ezechias king of Juda, and he spoke to all the people of Juda, saying: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Sion shall be ploughed like a field, and Jerusalem shall be a heap of stones: and the mountain of the house the high places of woods.

Micah 3:12Therefore, because of you, Sion shall be ploughed as a field, and Jerusalem shall be as a heap of stones, and the mountain of the temple as the high places of the forests.

Matthew Henry on Job 15:18-35

17 I will show thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it: 19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them. 20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. 21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. 22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. 23 He wandereth… Read the whole commentary →

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