Job 27:18
They build their houses like a moth; like some flimsy shelter made by a watchman.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
In Context
17those who do good will wear the clothes and the innocent will divide the silver among them.
19They go to bed rich, but never again! For when they wake up, it's all gone.
Cross References
Job 8:14Their confidence is like holding on to a flimsy spider's web.
Isaiah 38:12Like a shepherd's tent, the place where I live has been pulled up and taken away from me. Like a weaver I have rolled up the cloth of my life and cut it from the loom. Day and night you bring me to an end.
Lamentations 2:6He has torn down his Temple as if was a garden shed; he has destroyed his meeting place. The Lord has made Zion forget about her religious festivals and Sabbaths. In his fury he has disowned both 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 →