Job 15:28

And had inhabited demolished cities, houses, wherein men would not dwell, that were destined to become heaps.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

27For he had covered his face with his fatness, and had gathered a superabundance on his loins;

29He shall not be rich, nor shall his substance continue, neither shall their shadow stretch along on the earth;

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Cross References

Job 3:14With kings, and counselors of the earth, who had built them pyramids:

Isaiah 5:8Alas for them who join house to house, Field to field, bring they near,—Until there is no room, But ye are left to dwell alone in the midst of the land.

Jeremiah 26:18Micah the Morashtite, was prophesying, in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah,—and he spake unto all the people of Judah, saying, thus, saith Yahweh of hosts—Zion, as a field, shall be plowed, And, Jerusalem, into heaps of ruins, shall be turned, And, the mountain of the house, [be] like mounds in a jungle,

Micah 3:12Wherefore, for your sake, Zion, as a field, shall be ploughed, and, Jerusalem, unto heaps of ruins, shall be turned,—and, the mountain of the house, shall [be] like mounds in a jungle.

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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