Job 27:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 8:14-15 : 14 Whose confidence shall break in sunder, And whose trust is a spider's web. 15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
Isa 1:8 : 8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
Isa 38:12 : 12 My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd's tent: I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life; he will cut me off from the loom: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
Isa 51:8 : 8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation unto all generations.
Lam 2:6 : 6 And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden; he hath destroyed his place of assembly: Jehovah hath caused solemn assembly and sabbath to be forgotten in Zion, And hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Job 4:19-20
2 verses
78%
19How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!
20Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed: They perish for ever without any regarding it.
Job 15:28-29
2 verses
77%
28And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps;
29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.
Job 8:15
76%
15He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
Job 27:19-20
2 verses
75%
19He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered [to his fathers]; He openeth his eyes, and he is not.
20Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.
Job 20:18-19
2 verses
75%
18That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.
19For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
Jer 22:13-14
2 verses
75%
13Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that useth his neighbor's service without wages, and giveth him not his hire;
14that saith, I will build me a wide house and spacious chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
Job 27:16-17
2 verses
74%
16Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay;
17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver.
Job 13:28
73%
28Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth, Like a garment that is moth - eaten.
Hab 2:9
73%
9Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!
Eccl 10:18
73%
18By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.
Prov 24:27
72%
27Prepare thy work without, And make it ready for thee in the field; And afterwards build thy house.
Jer 5:27
72%
27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.
Job 20:26-28
3 verses
71%
26All darkness is laid up for his treasures: A fire not blown [by man] shall devour him; It shall consume that which is left in his tent.
27The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him.
28The increase of his house shall depart; [His goods] shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
Job 18:14-15
2 verses
71%
14He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusteth; And he shall be brought to the king of terrors.
15There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his: Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
Ps 127:1
71%
1A Song of Ascents; of Solomon. Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain.
Job 18:6-7
2 verses
71%
6The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.
7The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.
Job 3:14
71%
14With kings and counsellors of the earth, Who built up waste places for themselves;
Prov 14:11
71%
11The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; But the tent of the upright shall flourish.
Job 22:18
71%
18Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Prov 24:3
71%
3Through wisdom is a house builded; And by understanding it is established;
Prov 11:29
71%
29He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Ps 39:6
70%
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Jer 17:11
70%
11As the partridge that sitteth on [eggs] which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
Luke 12:18
70%
18And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my grain and my goods.
Prov 14:1
70%
1Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.
Amos 6:11
70%
11For, behold, Jehovah commandeth, and the great house shall be smitten with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
Job 12:14
70%
14Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
Prov 13:7
70%
7There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.
Prov 18:11
69%
11The rich man's wealth is his strong city, And as a high wall in his own imagination.
Amos 5:11
69%
11Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.
Job 18:21
69%
21Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
Ps 52:7
69%
7Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.
Isa 28:20
69%
20For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it; and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
Ps 7:15
69%
15He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.
Jas 5:2
69%
2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.
Luke 12:21
69%
21So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Job 21:18
69%
18That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
Matt 6:19
69%
19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal:
Prov 10:15
69%
15The rich man's wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Prov 21:12
69%
12The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, [How] the wicked are overthrown to [their] ruin.