Job 15:28
And he inhabiteth cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, That have been ready to become heaps.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
27For he hath covered his face with his fat, And maketh vigour over [his] confidence.
29He is not rich, nor doth his wealth rise, Nor doth he stretch out on earth their continuance.
Cross References
Job 3:14With kings and counsellors of earth, These building wastes for themselves.
Isaiah 5:8Woe [to] those joining house to house, Field to field they bring near, till there is no place, And ye have been settled by yourselves In the midst of the land!
Jeremiah 26:18'Micah the Morashtite hath been prophesying in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and he saith unto all the people of Judah, saying: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Zion is a plowed field, and Jerusalem is heaps, And the mountain of the house is for high places of a forest.
Micah 3:12Therefore, for your sake, Zion is ploughed a field, and Jerusalem is heaps, And the mount of the house [is] for high places of a forest!
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 →