Job 27:18 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁸ The house which he builds is like a spider's web, like a booth which a watchman makes.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ He hath built his house as a moth: and as a keeper he hath made a booth.

Job 27:18 Cross References

Job 18:14

He is torn from the tent in which he trusted, and is brought to the king of terrors.

Isaiah 1:8

And the daughter of Zion is left like a booth in a vineyard, like a lodge 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; like a weaver I have rolled up my life; he cuts me off from the loom; from day to night thou dost bring me to an end;

Isaiah 51:8

For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my deliverance will be for ever, and my salvation to all generations.”

Lamentations 2:6

He has broken down his booth like that of a garden, laid in ruins the place of his appointed feasts; the Lord has brought to an end in Zion appointed feast and sabbath, and in his fierce indignation has spurned king and priest.