Job 27:18
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 27 connects to 6 cross-references. Job solemnly vows to maintain his integrity and will not concede his righteousness to his friends as long as he breathes. He ironically repeats the friends' doctrine of the wicked man's fate — wealth that passes to the righteous, terror …
Other Translations
He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh.
He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.
His house has no more strength than a spider's thread, or a watchman's tent.
Cross References
Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not …
And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of …
Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver …
For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my …
And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places …