Job 4:19

How much more the dwellers in houses of clay, which, in the dust, have their foundation, which are crushed sooner than a moth:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

18Lo! in his own servants, he trusteth not, and, his own messengers, he chargeth with error:

20Betwixt morning and evening, are they broken in pieces, With none to save, they utterly perish:

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Cross References

Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face, shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground, because therefrom, wast thou taken,—For, dust, thou art, And, unto dust, shalt thou return.

Job 10:9Remember, I pray thee, that, as clay, thou didst make me, and, unto dust, thou wilt cause me to return.

Job 13:28And, a man himself, as a rotten thing, weareth out, as a garment which the moth hath eaten.

Job 22:16Who were snatched away before the time, and, a stream, washed away their foundation?

Job 33:6Lo! I am like thyself toward GOD, From clay, have I been nipped off, even I!

Psalms 90:5Thou hast snatched them away, A sleep, do they become, In the morning, [they are] like grass that shooteth up,

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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