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.