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Job 39:6

Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.

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אֲשֶׁרasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, 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,…שַׂ֣מְתִּיsamtiputשׂוּםverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “put”, a completed actionH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…עֲרָבָ֣הaravahdesertעֲרָבָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “desert”, the ordinary formH6160a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red SeaArabah, champaign, desert, evening, heaven, plain, wilderness. See also H1026 (בֵּית הָעֲרָבָה).בֵית֑וֹveytvofamilyבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a 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,…וּֽמִשְׁכְּנוֹתָ֥יוumishkenotayvand tabernacleמִשְׁכָּןconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and tabernacle”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4908a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the Temple); specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its wooden walls)dwelleth, dwelling (place), habitation, tabernacle, tent.מְלֵֽחָהmelechahbarren landמְלֵחָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “barren land”, the ordinary formH4420properly, salted (i.e. land), i.e. a desertbarren land(-ness), salt (land).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling-place.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place?

Young’s Literal Translation

Whose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land,

World English Bible

whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place?

Darby Translation

Whose house I made the wilderness, and the salt plain his dwellings?

Douay-Rheims

To whom I have given a house in the wilderness, and his dwellings in the barren land.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling-place.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

whereas I made his habitation the wilderness, and the salt land his coverts.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐθέμην δὲ τὴν δίαιταν αὐτοῦ ἔρημον, καὶ τὰ σκηνώματα αὐτοῦ ἁλμυρίδα.