Job 27:18
He builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes.
World English Bible Catholic
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 will put it on, and the innocent will divide the silver.
19He lies down rich, but he will not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.
Cross References
Job 8:14whose confidence will break apart, whose trust is a spider’s web.
Isaiah 38:12My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver. He will cut me off from the loom. From day even to night you will make an end of me.
Lamentations 2:6He has violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were a garden. He has destroyed his place of assembly. The LORD has caused solemn assembly and Sabbath to be forgotten in Zion. In the indignation of his anger, he has despised 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 →