Parallel Verses
Amplified
“For you say, ‘Where is the house of the noble man?
And where is the tent, the dwelling place of the wicked?’
New American Standard Bible
And where is the
King James Version
For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
Holman Bible
and “Where are the tents
International Standard Version
You ask, "Where is the noble person's house?' and "Where are the tents where the wicked live?'
A Conservative Version
For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent in which the wicked dwelt?
American Standard Version
For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?
Bible in Basic English
For you say, Where is the house of the ruler, and where is the tent of the evil-doer?
Darby Translation
For ye say, Where is the house of the noble? and where the tent of the dwellings of the wicked?
Julia Smith Translation
For ye will say, Where the house of the noble one; and where the tent of the dwellings of the unjust?
King James 2000
For you say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
Lexham Expanded Bible
For you say, 'Where is the nobleman's house, and where [are] {the tents in which the wicked dwell}?'
Modern King James verseion
For you say, Where is the house of the noble, and where the dwelling-places of the wicked?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For ye say, 'Where is the prince's palace? Where is the dwelling of the ungodly?
NET Bible
For you say, 'Where now is the nobleman's house, and where are the tents in which the wicked lived?'
New Heart English Bible
For you say, 'Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?'
The Emphasized Bible
For ye say, Where is the house of the noble-minded? And where the dwelling-tent of the lawless?
Webster
For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
World English Bible
For you say, 'Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?'
Youngs Literal Translation
For ye say, 'Where is the house of the noble? And where the tent -- The tabernacles of the wicked?'
Interlinear
Bayith
Mishkan
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 21:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Seventh Speech: A Response To Zophar
27
“Behold, I know your thoughts,
And the plots by which you would wrong me.
“For you say, ‘Where is the house of the noble man?
And where is the tent, the dwelling place of the wicked?’
“Have you not asked those who travel this way,
And do you not recognize their witness?
Names
Cross References
Job 8:22
“Those who hate you will be clothed with shame,
And the tents of the wicked will be no longer.”
Job 20:7
Yet he perishes forever like his own refuse;
Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
Numbers 16:26-34
And he said to the congregation, “Get away from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, or you will be swept away in all their sin.”
Job 1:3
He also possessed 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke (pairs) of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very great number of servants, so that this man was the greatest [and wealthiest and most respected] of all the men of the east (northern Arabia).
Job 31:37
“I would count out to Him the number of my steps [with every detail of my life],
Approaching His presence as if I were a prince.
Psalm 37:36
Yet he passed away, and lo, he was no more;
I sought him, but he could not be found.
Psalm 52:5-6
But God will break you down forever;
He will take you away and tear you away from your tent,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.
Habakkuk 2:9-11
“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who obtains wicked gain for his house [and thinks by so doing]
To set his nest on high,
That he may be rescued from the hand of evil.
Zechariah 5:4
I will send the curse out,” declares the Lord of hosts, “and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name; and it will spend the night in that house and consume it, both its timber and its stones.”