Job 21:28
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’”
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“For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?”
King James Version · Public Domain“For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For ye say, `Where <FI>is<Fi> the house of the noble? And where the tent--The tabernacles of the wicked?'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 21:28 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 16:26And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”
- Job 1:3and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.
- Job 8:22Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
- Job 20:5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
- Job 20:7he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’
- Job 27:12Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. Why then do you keep up this empty talk?
- Job 31:37I would give account of all my steps; I would approach Him like a prince.)—
- Psalms 37:36yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.
- Psalms 52:5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
- Habakkuk 2:9Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!
- Zechariah 5:4I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”
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