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Job 15:28

And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

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וַיִּשְׁכּ֤וֹןvayishkonand abideשָׁכַןconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and abide”, the next action in the storyH7931to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).עָ֘רִ֤יםarimcityעִירnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “city”, the ordinary formH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.נִכְחָד֗וֹתnikhchadotconcealכָּחַדverb, niphal, participle, absolute — “conceal”, a verb used as a describing wordH3582to secrete, by act or word; hence (intensively) to destroyconceal, cut down (off), desolate, hide.בָּ֭תִּיםbatimfamilyבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “family”, the ordinary formH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…לֹאlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…יֵ֣שְׁבוּyeshevvdwellיָשַׁבverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “dwell”, an unfinished actionH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…לָ֑מוֹlamvotoלָ֑מוֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to”toאֲשֶׁ֖רasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…הִתְעַתְּד֣וּhitatdvmake fitעָתַדverb, hithpael, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “make fit”, a completed actionH6257to preparemake fit, be ready to become.לְגַלִּֽיםlegalimto heapגַּלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “to heap”, the ordinary formH1530something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)billow, heap, spring, wave.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man would inhabit, which were ready to become heaps.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were 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.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man would inhabit, which were ready to become heaps.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Αὐλισθείη δὲ πόλεις ἐρήμους, εἰσέλθοι δὲ εἰς οἴκους ἀοικήτους· ἃ δὲ ἐκεῖνοι ἡτοίμασαν, ἄλλοι ἀποίσονται.