Job 21:28
For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
Job 21:28 in other translations
| BSB | For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’ |
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| WEB | For you say, ‘Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?’ |
| ASV | For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt? |
| YLT | For ye say, ‘Where is the house of the noble? And where the tent--The tabernacles of the wicked?' |
| DARBY | For ye say, Where is the house of the noble? and where the tent of the dwellings of the wicked? |
| BBE | For you say, Where is the house of the ruler, and where is the tent of the evil-doer? |
| Webster | For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? |
What does Job 21:28 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 21:27-34
Job opposes the opinion of his friends, That the wicked are sure to fall into visible and remarkable ruin, and none but the wicked; upon which principle they condemned Job as wicked. Turn to whom you will, you will find that the punishment of sinners is designed more for the other world than for this, Jude 1:14, 15. The sinner is here supposed to live in a great deal of power. The sinner shall have a splendid…
Job 21:28 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 21:28
- Job 8:22
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
- Job 20:7
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
- Psalms 52:5-6
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
- Habakkuk 2:9-11
Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
- Numbers 16:26-34
And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children. And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind. If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me. …
- Psalms 37:36
Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
- Zechariah 5:4
I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
- Job 1:3
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
- Job 31:37
I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
20:7; Ps 37:36; 52:5,6; Hab 2:9-11; Zec 5:4
dwelling places. Heb. tent of the tabernacles.
Nu 16:26-34
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Context
- Job 21:27
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
- Job 21:28
For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
- Job 21:29
Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
Job 21:28 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque decís: ¿Qué es de la casa del príncipe, y qué de la tienda de las moradas de los impíos? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car vous dites: Où est la maison du noble, et où la tente des demeures des méchants? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn ihr saget: Wo ist das Haus des Edlen, und wo das Wohngezelt der Gesetzlosen? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Dicitis enim: Ubi est domus principis? et ubi tabernacula impiorum? |