King James Version
Job 15:28 in the King James Version says “And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.” — study this verse from Job chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.”
Job 15:28 · KJV
He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And he dwelleth”
H7931to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
“cities”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“and in houses”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“which no man inhabiteth”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“to become heaps”
H1530something rolled, i.e., a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)
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