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


In Context

15 Those who remain of him shall be buried in death. His widows shall make no lamentation.

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

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

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

19 He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.

20 Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals 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 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 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.