Job 4:19

What then are they who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who crumble to pieces, as if moth-eaten!

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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

18Behold, he putteth no trust in his ministering spirits, And his angels he chargeth with frailty.

20Between morning and evening are they destroyed; They perish for ever, and none regardeth it.

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Cross References

Job 10:9O remember that thou hast moulded me as clay! And wilt thou bring me again to dust?

Job 13:28And I, like an abandoned thing, shall waste away; Like a garment which is moth-eaten.

Job 22:16Who were cut down before their time, And whose foundations were swept away by a flood?

Job 33:6Behold, I, like thee, am a creature of God; I also was formed of clay.

Psalms 90:5Thou carriest him away as with a flood; He is a dream; In the morning he springeth up like grass,

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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