Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
or a booth set up by a watchman.
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.
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
and the innocent will divide up his silver.
or a booth set up by a watchman.
when he opens his eyes, it is gone.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 8:14-15
what he trusts in is a spider’s web.
Isaiah 1:8
like a shelter in a vineyard,
like a shack in a cucumber field,
like a besieged city.
Isaiah 38:12
like a shepherd’s tent.
I have rolled up my life like a weaver;
He cuts me off from the loom.
You make an end of me from day until night.
Isaiah 51:8
and the worm will eat them like wool.
But My righteousness will last forever,
and My salvation for all generations.
Lamentations 2:6
ו Vav
as if it were a garden booth,
destroying His place of meeting.
The Lord has abolished
appointed festivals and Sabbaths in Zion.
He has despised king and priest
in His fierce anger.