Parallel Verses

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:

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.

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

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

A Secret Was Told To Me

18 Lo! in his own servants, he trusteth not, and, his own messengers, he chargeth with error: 19 How much more the dwellers in houses of clay, which, in the dust, have their foundation, which are crushed sooner than a moth: 20 Betwixt morning and evening, are they broken in pieces, With none to save, they utterly perish:

Cross References

Genesis 2:7

So then Yahweh God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed in his nostrils the breath of life - and man became a living soul.

Job 10:9

Remember, I pray thee, that, as clay, thou didst make me, and, unto dust, thou wilt cause me to return.

Genesis 3:19

In the sweat of thy face, shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground, because therefrom, wast thou taken, - For, dust, thou art, And, unto dust, shalt thou return.

Job 33:6

Lo! I am like thyself toward GOD, From clay, have I been nipped off, even I!

Genesis 18:27

And Abraham responded and said, - Behold I pray thee I have ventured to speak unto My Lord, though I am dust and ashes:

Job 13:12

Are not your memorable sayings, proverbs of ashes? Breastworks of clay, your breastworks?

Job 13:28

And, a man himself, as a rotten thing, weareth out, as a garment which the moth hath eaten.

2 Corinthians 4:7

Howbeit we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that, the surpassing greatness of the power, may be of God, and not from ourselves: -

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that - -if, our earthly tent-dwelling, should be taken down, we have, a building of God, a dwelling not made by hand, age-abiding in the heavens.

Job 14:2

As a flower, he cometh forth - and fadeth, He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

Job 22:16

Who were snatched away before the time, and, a stream, washed away their foundation?

Psalm 39:11

When, by rebukes for iniquity, thou hast corrected a man, Then hast thou consumed, as a moth, all that was delightful within him, Surely, a breath, are all men. Selah.

Psalm 90:5-7

Thou hast snatched them away, A sleep, do they become, In the morning, they are like grass that shooteth up,

Psalm 103:15-16

As for man, like grass, are his days, Like the blossom of the field, so, doth he blossom;

Psalm 146:4

His spirit, goeth forth, he returneth to his ground, In that very day, his thoughts perish.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

And the dust return to the earth, as it was, - and, the spirit, return unto God, who gave it.

1 Peter 1:24

Inasmuch as - All flesh, is as grass, and, all the glory thereof, as the flower of grass, - The grass hath withered, and the flower hath fallen out,

King James Version Public Domain

Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers.

International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation.

New American Standard Bible Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org

American Standard Version Public Domain

NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. NetBible

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain