Job 15:28
Modern Translations
New International Version
he will inhabit ruined towns and houses where no one lives, houses crumbling to rubble.

New Living Translation
But their cities will be ruined. They will live in abandoned houses that are ready to tumble down.

English Standard Version
and has lived in desolate cities, in houses that none should inhabit, which were ready to become heaps of ruins;

Berean Study Bible
he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.

New American Standard Bible
“He has lived in desolate cities, In houses no one would inhabit, Which are destined to become ruins.

NASB 1995
"He has lived in desolate cities, In houses no one would inhabit, Which are destined to become ruins.

NASB 1977
“And he has lived in desolate cities, In houses no one would inhabit, Which are destined to become ruins.

Amplified Bible
And he has lived in desolate [God-forsaken] cities, In houses which no one should inhabit, Which were destined to become heaps [of ruins];

Christian Standard Bible
he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become piles of rubble.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become piles of rubble.

Contemporary English Version
but they will live in the ruins of deserted towns.

Good News Translation
They are the ones who captured cities and seized houses whose owners had fled, but war will destroy those cities and houses.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He lives in ruined cities where no one dwells, in houses that are doomed to be piles of rubble.

International Standard Version
He will live in devastated towns, in abandoned houses that are about to become heaps of rubble.

NET Bible
he lived in ruined towns and in houses where no one lives, where they are ready to crumble into heaps.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

New King James Version
He dwells in desolate cities, In houses which no one inhabits, Which are destined to become ruins.

King James 2000 Bible
And he dwells in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabits, which are ready to become heaps.

New Heart English Bible
He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.

World English Bible
He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.

American King James Version
And he dwells in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabits, which are ready to become heaps.

American Standard Version
And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps;

A Faithful Version
And he lives in desolate cities, in houses where none are living, which are ready to become heaps.

Darby Bible Translation
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heaps.

English Revised Version
And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Though he dwell in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes,

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Therefore shall his dwelling be in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes of stones.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Therfore shall his dwellynge be in desolate cities, & in houses which no ma inhabiteth, but are become heapes of stones.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And he inhabits cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, "" That have been ready to become heaps.

Young's Literal Translation
And he inhabiteth cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, That have been ready to become heaps.

Smith's Literal Translation
And he will dwell in cities out off, the houses shall not be inhabited by them, which were ready for heaps.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps.

Catholic Public Domain Version
He has lived in desolate cities and deserted houses, which have been turned into tombs.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And he settled desolate cities that are uninhabited and is prepared for battle

Lamsa Bible
And he dwells in desolate cities, which no man has inhabited; then he prepares for war.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man would inhabit, Which were ready to become heaps.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And let him lodge in desolate cities, and enter into houses without inhabitant: and what they have prepared, others shall carry away.
















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