18He hath built his house as a moth, and as a keeper he hath made a booth.


In Context

15 They that shall remain of him, shall be buried in death, and his widows shall not weep.

16 If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay,

17 He shall prepare indeed, but the just man shall be clothed with it: and the innocent shall divide the silver.

18 He hath built his house as a moth, and as a keeper he hath made a booth.

19 The rich man when he shall sleep shall take away nothing with him: he shall open his eyes and find nothing.

20 Poverty like water shall take hold on him, a tempest shall oppress him in the night.

Job 27:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:18He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth [that] the keeper maketh.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

27:18The house he builds is like a moth's cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:18He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:18He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth that a keeper maketh.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:18He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth which the keeper maketh.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:18He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:18He builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:18He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:18He builds his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper makes.