Abraham answered, “Behold, I have taken upon myself to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.
Job 4:19 - Revised Standard Version how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Which are crushed before the moth? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition How much more those who dwell in houses (bodies) of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who are crushed like the moth. American Standard Version (1901) How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth! Common English Bible how much less those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in dust, and who are crushed like a moth? Catholic Public Domain Version How much more will those who live in houses of clay, which have an earthly foundation, be consumed like the moth? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version How much more shall they that dwell in houses of clay, who have an earthly foundation, be consumed as with the moth? |
Abraham answered, “Behold, I have taken upon myself to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.
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.
In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
Remember that thou hast made me of clay; and wilt thou turn me to dust again?
Your maxims are proverbs of ashes, your defenses are defenses of clay.
Man wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he flees like a shadow, and continues not.
They were snatched away before their time; their foundation was washed away.
how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm!”
Behold, I am toward God as you are; I too was formed from a piece of clay.
When his breath departs he returns to his earth; on that very day his plans perish.
When thou dost chasten man with rebukes for sin, thou dost consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely every man is a mere breath! Selah
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us.
For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
for “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,