Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

‘How much more those who dwell in houses of clay,
Whose foundation is in the dust,
Who are crushed before the moth!

King James Version

How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

Holman Bible

how much more those who dwell in clay houses,
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like a moth!

International Standard Version

how much less confidence does he have in those who dwell in houses of clay; who were formed from a foundation in dust and can perish like a moth?

A Conservative Version

How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!

American Standard Version

How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!

Amplified


‘How much more [will He blame and charge] those who dwell in houses (bodies) of clay,
Whose foundations are in the dust,
Who are crushed like a moth.

Bible in Basic English

How much more those living in houses of earth, whose bases are in the dust! They are crushed more quickly than an insect;

Darby Translation

How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed as the moth!

Julia Smith Translation

Also those dwelling in houses of clay which their foundation in the dust, being crushed before the moth.

King James 2000

How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth?

Lexham Expanded Bible

How much more dwellers in clay houses, whose foundation [is] in the dust? They are crushed like a moth.

Modern King James verseion

How much less in those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

How much more then shall they that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is but earth: which shall be consumed by the moth?

NET Bible

how much more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth?

New Heart English Bible

How much more, those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth.

The Emphasized Bible

How much more the dwellers in houses of clay, which, in the dust, have their foundation, which are crushed sooner than a moth:

Webster

How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth?

World English Bible

How much more, those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!

Youngs Literal Translation

Also -- the inhabitants of houses of clay, (Whose foundation is in the dust, They bruise them before a moth.)

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אף 
'aph 
Usage: 134

שׁכן 
Shakan 
Usage: 128

in houses
בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

of clay
חמר 
Chomer 
Usage: 31

יסוד 
Y@cowd 
Usage: 20

is in the dust
עפר 
`aphar 
Usage: 110

דּכא 
Daka' 
Usage: 18

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

References

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Morish

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

A Secret Was Told To Me

18 He puts no trust even in His servants;
And against His angels He charges error.
19 ‘How much more those who dwell in houses of clay,
Whose foundation is in the dust,
Who are crushed before the moth!
20 Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces;
Unobserved, they perish forever.



Cross References

Genesis 2:7

Then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

Job 10:9

‘Remember now, that You have made me as clay;
And would You turn me into dust again?

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your face
You will eat bread,
Till you return to the ground,
Because from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”

Job 33:6

“Behold, I belong to God like you;
I too have been formed out of the clay.

Genesis 18:27

And Abraham replied, “Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord, although I am but dust and ashes.

Job 13:12

“Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes,
Your defenses are defenses of clay.

Job 13:28

While I am decaying like a rotten thing,
Like a garment that is moth-eaten.

2 Corinthians 4:7

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves;

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

Job 14:2

Like a flower he comes forth and withers.
He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.

Job 22:16

Who were snatched away before their time,
Whose foundations were washed away by a river?

Psalm 39:11

“With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity;
You consume as a moth what is precious to him;
Surely every man is a mere breath. Selah.

Psalm 90:5-7

You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep;
In the morning they are like grass which sprouts anew.

Psalm 103:15-16

As for man, his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

Psalm 146:4

His spirit departs, he returns to the earth;
In that very day his thoughts perish.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

1 Peter 1:24

For,
All flesh is like grass,
And all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
And the flower falls off,

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