Job 4:19

But as for them that dwell in houses of clay, 1 Of whom we also are formed of the same clay, 1 He smites them like a moth. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

In Context

18Whereas he trusts not in his servants, 1 And perceives perverseness in his angels. 1

20And from morning to evening they no longer exist: 1 They have perished, because they cannot help themselves. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread until thou return to the earth out of which thou wast taken, for earth thou art and to earth thou shalt return.

Job 10:9Remember that thou hast made me as clay, 1 And thou dost turn me again to earth. 1

Job 13:28I am as that which waxes old like a bottle, 1 Or like a moth-eaten garment.

Job 22:16Who were seized before their time: 1 Their foundations are as an overflowing stream. 1

Job 33:6Thou art formed out of the clay as also I: 1 We have been formed out of the same substance. 1

Psalms 90:5Thou shalt not be afraid of terror by night; 1 Nor of the arrow flying by day; 1

Matthew Henry on Job 4:13-21

12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. 13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, 14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. 15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: 16 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, 17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his… Read the whole commentary →

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