Job 27:18
He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a lodge that the watchman maketh.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 iust shall put it on, and the innocent shall deuide the siluer.
Cross References
Job 8:14His confidence also shalbe cut off, and his trust shalbe as the house of a spyder.
Isaiah 38:12Mine habitation is departed, and is remoued from me, like a shepheards tent: I haue cut off like a weauer my life: he will cut me off from the height: from day to night, thou wilt make an ende of me.
Lamentations 2:6For hee hath destroyed his Tabernacle, as a garden, hee hath destroyed his Congregation: the Lord hath caused the feastes and Sabbathes to bee forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his wrath 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 →