Job 27:18
What does Job 27:18 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 27:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh.
KJV
King James Version · 1611He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949His house has no more strength than a spider's thread, or a watchman's tent.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He hath built his house as a moth, and as a keeper he hath made a booth.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth that a keeper maketh.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Lamentations 2:6
And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden; he hath destroyed his place of assembly: Jehovah hath caused solemn assembly and sabbath to be forgotten in Zion, And hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
- Isaiah 38:12
My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life; he will cut me off from the loom: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
- Isaiah 1:8
And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
- Isaiah 51:8
For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation unto all generations.
- Job 8:14
Whose confidence shall break in sunder, And whose trust is a spider’s web.
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