Job 27:18

In 11 translations

BSB

The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.

KJV

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

WEB

He builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes.

ASV

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

LSV

He has built his house as a moth, || And as a shelter a watchman has made.

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

He hath built his house as a moth, and as a keeper he hath made a booth.

GNV

He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a lodge that the watchman maketh.

JPS

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

LXXE

And his house is gone like moths, and like a spider's web.

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WLC

בָּנָ֣ה כָעָ֣שׁ בֵּית֑וֹ וּ֝כְסֻכָּ֗ה עָשָׂ֥ה נֹצֵֽר׃

LXX-Br

Ἀπέβη δὲ ὁ οἶκος αὐτοῦ ὥσπερ σῆτες, καὶ ὥσπερ ἀράχνη.

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• Isaiah 1:8And the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged.
• Job 8:14–15His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web. He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.
• Isaiah 51:8For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.”
• Isaiah 38:12My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.
• Lamentations 2:6He has laid waste His tabernacle like a garden booth; He has destroyed His place of meeting. The LORD has made Zion forget her appointed feasts and Sabbaths. In His fierce anger He has despised both king and priest.

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