King James Version
Job 21:28 in the King James Version says “For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? the dwelling: Heb. the te...” — study this verse from Job chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? the dwelling: Heb. the tent of the tabernacles”
Job 21:28 · KJV
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? the dwelling: Heb. the tent of the tabernacles
Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. wrath: Heb. wraths
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“Where is the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“of the prince”
H5081properly, voluntary, i.e., generous; hence, magnanimous; as noun, a grandee (sometimes a tyrant)
“and where are the dwelling”
H4908a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the temple); specifically, the tabernacle (properly, its w
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