Job 27:18
He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth that a keeper maketh.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
In Context
17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on; and the innocent shall divide the silver.
19He lieth down rich, but will do so no more; he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
Cross References
Job 8:14Whose confidence shall be cut off, and his reliance is a spider's web.
Isaiah 38:12Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent. I have cut off like a weaver my life. He separateth me from the thrum: from day to night thou wilt make an end of me.
Lamentations 2:6And he hath violently cast down his enclosure as a garden; he hath destroyed his place of assembly: Jehovah hath caused set feast and sabbath to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger 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 →