Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"He has built his house like a moth's cocoon, like a temporary sunshade that a watchman makes.
New American Standard Bible
Or as a hut which the watchman has made.
King James Version
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
Holman Bible
or a booth set up by a watchman.
A Conservative Version
He builds his house as the moth, and as a booth which the keeper makes.
American Standard Version
He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh.
Amplified
“He builds his house like a spider’s web,
Like a (temporary) hut which a watchman makes.
Bible in Basic English
His house has no more strength than a spider's thread, or a watchman's tent.
Darby Translation
He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth that a keeper maketh.
Julia Smith Translation
He built his house as the moth, and as a booth he watching made.
King James 2000
He builds his house like a moth, and like a booth that the keeper makes.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"He builds his house like the moth, and like a booth [that] a watchman has made.
Modern King James verseion
He builds his house like a moth, and like a booth that a watchman makes.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
His house shall endure as the moth, and as a booth that the watchman maketh.
NET Bible
The house he builds is as fragile as a moth's cocoon, like a hut that a watchman has made.
New Heart English Bible
He builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes.
The Emphasized Bible
He hath built, like a moth, his house, - like a hut, which a watcher hath made.
Webster
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
World English Bible
He builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes.
Youngs Literal Translation
He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.
Themes
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Moth
Moths » Illustrative » (making its house in garments,) of man's folly in providing earthly things
Interlinear
Banah
Bayith
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 27:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Continues His Final Speech
17 whatever he stores up, the righteous will wear, and the innocent will inherit that silver! 18 "He has built his house like a moth's cocoon, like a temporary sunshade that a watchman makes. 19 He will go to bed wealthy, but won't be doing that anymore! When he opens his eyes, it will be gone!
Phrases
Cross References
Job 8:14-15
his confidence is shattered; his trust is in a spider's web.
Isaiah 1:8
"The daughter of Zion is left abandoned, like a booth in a vineyard, like a hut in a cucumber field, or like a city under siege.
Isaiah 38:12
My house has been plucked up and vanishes from me like a shepherd's tent; like a weaver, I've taken account of my life, and he cuts me off from the loom day and night you make an end of me.
Isaiah 51:8
For moths will eat them up just like a garment, and worms will devour them like wool; but my deliverance will last forever, and my salvation to all generations.
Lamentations 2:6
He plowed under his Temple like a garden, spoiling his tent. The LORD abolished in Zion both festivals and Sabbaths. In his fierce wrath he despised both king and priest.