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Job 27:18
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Job 27:18
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The house he builds is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman.
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Job 27:18 in Other Translations
KJV
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He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
ESV
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He builds his house like a moth's, like a booth that a watchman makes.
NLT
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The wicked build houses as fragile as a spider’s web, as flimsy as a shelter made of branches.
MSG
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They build elaborate houses that won't survive a single winter.
CSB
18
The house he built is like a moth's [cocoon] or a booth set up by a watchman.
Job 27:18 In-Context
16
Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay,
17
what he lays up the righteous will wear, and the innocent will divide his silver.
18
The house he builds is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman.
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He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
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Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest snatches him away in the night.
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3
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Job 8:22
2.
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Job 8:14
3.
Isaiah 1:8
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Isaiah 24:20
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