King James Version
Job 18:15 in the King James Version says “It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.” — study this verse from Job chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.”
Job 18:15 · KJV
It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength. strength: Heb. bars
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street .
KJV Study — Public Domain
“because it is none”
H1097properly, failure, i.e., nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“upon his habitation”
H5116(adjectively) at home; hence (by implication of satisfaction) lovely; also (noun) a home, of god (temple), men (residence), flocks (pasture), or wild
“of his brimstone”
H1614properly, cypress-resin; by analogy, sulphur (as equally inflammable)
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