Job 15:28

and has lived in desolate cities; 1 in houses which no man inhabits now 1 and which were ready to become heaps. 1

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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

27This is true, even though he has covered his face with his fat 1 and gathered fat on his loins, 1

29He will not be rich; his wealth will not last 1 and his possessions will not spread over the land. 1

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Cross References

Job 3:14with kings and counselors of the earth, 1 who built up tombs for themselves that are now in ruins. 1

Isaiah 5:8Woe to those who join house to house, who join field to field, 1 until no room remains, and you alone remain in the land! 1

Jeremiah 26:18They said, “Micah the Morashite was prophesying in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. He spoke to all the people of Judah and said, 'Yahweh of hosts says this: 1 Zion will become a plowed field, 1 Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, 1 and the hill of the temple will become a thicket.'

Micah 3:12Therefore, because of you, 1 Zion will become a plowed field, 1 Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, 1 and the hill of the temple will become a thicket.

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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