Job 27:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁸ The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon or a shelter set up by a watchman.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ He buildeth his house as a moth, And as a booth that the keeper maketh.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ He builds his house like a moth or a spider, like a booth which a watchman makes [to last for a season].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ They built their houses like nests, like a hut made by a watchman.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ He has built his house like a moth, and he has made a makeshift shelter like a sentry.

Job 27:18 Cross References

Job 18:14

He is ripped from the security of his tent and marched away to the king of terrors.

Isaiah 1:8

Daughter Zion  is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack 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. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; he cuts me off from the loom. By nightfall  you make an end of me.

Isaiah 51:8

For moths will devour them like a garment, and worms will eat them like wool. But my righteousness will last for ever, and my salvation for all generations.

Lamentations 2:6

He has wrecked his temple as if it were merely a shack in a field, 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.