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


In Context

15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, and his widows shall make no lamentation.

16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

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

19 He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered; he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

20 Terrors overtake him like waters; a tempest stealeth him away 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:18He hath built his house as a moth, and as a keeper he hath made a booth.

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 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.