Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleHe will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives. Young's Literal Translation And he hath been as a naked thing in a desert, And doth not see when good cometh, And hath inhabited parched places in a wilderness, A salt land, and not inhabited. King James Bible For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, [in] a salt land and not inhabited. Hebrew He will beוְהָיָה֙ (wə·hā·yāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be like a shrub כְּעַרְעָ֣ר (kə·‘ar·‘ār) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6176: (probably a tree or bush) perhaps juniper in the desert; בָּֽעֲרָבָ֔ה (bā·‘ă·rā·ḇāh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6160: Arabah -- a steppe or desert plain, also a desert valley running south from the Sea of Galilee he will not וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no see יִרְאֶ֖ה (yir·’eh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7200: To see when כִּי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction prosperity ט֑וֹב (ṭō·wḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good comes. יָב֣וֹא (yā·ḇō·w) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go He will dwell וְשָׁכַ֤ן (wə·šā·ḵan) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7931: To settle down, abide, dwell in the parched places חֲרֵרִים֙ (ḥă·rê·rîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2788: A parched place of the desert, בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר (bam·miḏ·bār) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech in a salt מְלֵחָ֖ה (mə·lê·ḥāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4420: Saltiness, barrenness land אֶ֥רֶץ (’e·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 776: Earth, land where no וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no one lives. תֵשֵֽׁב׃ (ṯê·šêḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry |