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Job 27:18

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

KJV

Ædificavit sicut tinea domum suam, et sicut custos fecit umbraculum.

Vulgate

ἀπέβη δὲ ὁ οἶκος αὐτοῦ ὥσπερ σῆτες καὶ ὥσπερ ἀράχνη.

LXX

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

ASV

בָּנָ֣ה כָ/עָ֣שׁ בֵּית֑/וֹ וּ֝/כְ/סֻכָּ֗ה עָשָׂ֥ה נֹצֵֽר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א
'
noun · 12×
בְנ֣וֹת
bnvt
verb · 365×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
נִי
ny
verb · 63×
סֻּכּֽוֹת
skvt
noun · 31×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 1:8 — And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
  • Isa 1:8 — And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
  • Isa 51:8 — 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 from generation to generation.
  • Job 8:14 — Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.
  • Job 8:15 — He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
  • Prov 12:7 — The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.