Job 27:18

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 8:14-15 : 14 Whose confidence is loathsome, And the house of a spider his trust. 15 He leaneth on his house -- and it standeth not: He taketh hold on it -- and it abideth not.
  • Isa 1:8 : 8 And left hath been the daughter of Zion, As a booth in a vineyard, As a lodge in a place of cucumbers -- as a city besieged.
  • Isa 38:12 : 12 My sojourning hath departed, And been removed from me as a shepherd's tent, I have drawn together, as a weaver, my life, By weakness it cutteth me off, From day unto night Thou dost end me.
  • Isa 51:8 : 8 For as a garment eat them doth a moth, And as wool eat them doth a worm, And My righteousness is to the age, And My salvation to all generations.
  • Lam 2:6 : 6 And He shaketh as a garden His tabernacle, He hath destroyed His appointed place, Jehovah hath forgotten in Zion the appointed time and sabbath, And despiseth, in the indignation of His anger, king and priest.

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