Job 27:18

His house has no more strength than a spider's thread, or a watchman's tent.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.

In Context

17He may get them ready, but the upright will put them on, and he who is free from sin will take the silver for a heritage.

19He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer.

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Cross References

Job 8:14Whose support is cut off, and whose hope is no stronger than a spider's thread.

Isaiah 38:12My resting-place is pulled up and taken away from me like a herdsman's tent: my life is rolled up like a linen-worker's thread; I am cut off from the cloth on the frame: from day even to night you give me up to pain.

Lamentations 2:6And he has violently taken away his tent, as from a garden; he has made waste his meeting-place: the Lord has taken away the memory of feast and Sabbath in Zion, and in the passion of his wrath he is against king and priest.

Matthew Henry on Job 27:12-23

Heritage of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 11 I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. 12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain? 13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. 14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. 15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall… Read the whole commentary →

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