Job 27:18
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth which the keeper maketh.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 there shall be not to gather; he openeth his eyes, and his wealth is not.
Cross References
Job 8:14Whose confidence is gossamer, and whose trust is a spider's web.
Isaiah 38:12My habitation is plucked up and 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 thrum; from day even to night wilt Thou make an end of me.
Lamentations 2:6And He hath stripped His tabernacle, as if it were a garden, He hath destroyed His place of assembly; the LORD hath caused to be forgotten in Zion appointed season and sabbath, and hath rejected in the indignation of His anger the king and the 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 →