Parallel Verses
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?
New American Standard Bible
Whose
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
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed 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.)
Themes
Dream » Instances of » Of eliphaz, of a spirit speaking to him
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Moth
Insignificance of man » A tenant in a house of clay
Man » Little lower than the angels
Man » Apparent insignificance of » A tenant in a house of clay
Topics
Interlinear
Shakan
Daka'
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 4:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Secret Was Told To Me
18 "Indeed, since he doesn't trust his servants, since he charges his angels with error, 19 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? 20 They are defeated between morning and evening; they perish forever and no one notices!
Names
Cross References
Genesis 2:7
So the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground, breathed life into his lungs, and the man became a living being.
Job 10:9
""Please remember that you've made me like clay and you'll return me to dust.
Genesis 3:19
You will eat food by the sweat of your brow until you're buried in the ground, because you were taken from it. You're made from dust and you'll return to dust."
Job 33:6
Look! As far as God is concerned, I'm just like you are I, too, have been pinched off from a piece of clay.
Genesis 18:27
Abraham answered, "Look, even though I am only dust and ashes, I've ventured to speak to my LORD.
Job 13:12
Your maxims are just worthless proverbs; your defensive arguments are made of clay."
Job 13:28
So I'm a man who wears out like something rotten, like a garment that has become moth-eaten."
2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in clay jars to show that its extraordinary power comes from God and not from us.
2 Corinthians 5:1
We know that if the earthly tent we live in is torn down, we have a building in heaven that comes from God, an eternal house not built by human hands.
Job 14:2
He springs up like a flower and then withers. Like a shadow, he disappears and doesn't last.
Job 22:16
who were snatched away before their time; when their foundation was swept away by a river?
Psalm 39:11
You rebuke by chastening a man with the consequence of iniquities; you destroy what is attractive to him, as one would treat a moth. Indeed, every person is a puff of wind. Interlude
Psalm 90:5-7
You will sweep them away while they are asleep by morning they are like growing grass.
Psalm 103:15-16
A person's life is like grass it blossoms like wild flowers,
Psalm 146:4
When they stop breathing, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans evaporate!
Ecclesiastes 12:7
then man's dust will go back to the earth, returning to what it was, and the spirit will return to the God who gave it.
1 Peter 1:24
For "All human life is like grass, and all its glory is like a flower in the grass. The grass dries up and the flower drops off,