Job 4:19

Also — the inhabitants of houses of clay, (Whose foundation [is] in the dust, They bruise them before a moth.)

Young's Literal Translation

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 servants He putteth no credence, Nor in His messengers setteth praise.'

20From morning to evening are beaten down, Without any regarding, for ever they perish.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:19by the sweat of thy face thou dost eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it hast thou been taken, for dust thou [art], and unto dust thou turnest back.'

Job 10:9Remember, I pray Thee, That as clay Thou hast made me, And unto dust Thou dost bring me back.

Job 13:28And he, as a rotten thing, weareth away, As a garment hath a moth consumed him.

Job 22:16Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation.

Job 33:6Lo, I [am], according to thy word, for God, From the clay I — I also, have been formed.

Psalms 90:5Thou hast inundated them, they are asleep, In the morning as grass he changeth.

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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