Parallel Verses
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.
International Standard Version
"He has built his house like a moth's cocoon, like a temporary sunshade that a watchman makes.
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
he may pile it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.
18
Or as a hut which the watchman has made.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 8:14-15
His confidence is severed, and his trust is a spider's web.
Isaiah 1:8
And the daughter of Zion is left like a booth in a vineyard, like a lodge in a cucumber field, like a besieged city.
Isaiah 38:12
My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me like a shepherd's tent; like a weaver I have rolled up my life; he cuts me off from the loom; from day to night you bring me to an end;
Isaiah 51:8
For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to all generations."
Lamentations 2:6
He has laid waste his booth like a garden, laid in ruins his meeting place; the LORD has made Zion forget festival and Sabbath, and in his fierce indignation has spurned king and priest.