Job 27:18
He hath built, like a moth, his house,—like a hut, which a watcher hath made.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, but, the righteous, shall put on, and, the silver, shall the innocent apportion.
19The rich man, shall lie down, and not do it again, his eyes, hath he opened, and then is not.
Cross References
Job 8:14Whose trust shall be contemptible,—and, a spider’s web, his confidence:
Isaiah 38:12My dwelling, hath been broken up. And is stripped from me, like a shepherd’s tent,—I have rolled up—as a weaver—my life From the loom, doth he cut me off, From day until night, [I said] —Thou wilt finish me.
Lamentations 2:6Thus hath he destroyed, like a garden, his pavilion, hath laid waste his place of assembly,—Yahweh, hath caused to be forgotten, in Zion, the appointed assembly and the sabbath, and hath spurned, 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 →