Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Job 27:18 Cross-References
Explore 5 cross-references for Job 27:18 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 27 verse 18 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.”
Job 27:18 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 27:18
He buildeth his house as a moth—the Hebrew עָשׁ (ash, moth) creates a startling image. The moth's "house" is its cocoon, easily destroyed and temporary. Some translations render this "moth-eaten house," but the point is fragility—elaborate construction with no permanence. As a booth that the keeper maketh uses סֻכָּה (sukkah, temporary shelter), the same word for the temporary dwellings in the Feast of Tabernacles (Leviticus 23:42-43). A watchman's booth (נֹצֵר, notser, keeper/guard) was a flimsy structure in fields or vineyards, abandoned after harvest.Job employs two images of impermanence: ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 27:18
Ranked by relevance from Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
“Whose trust is a spider's web.”
“like a hut in a field of melons”
“and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be forever”
“as if it were of a garden; he has destroyed his place of assembly: Yahweh has caused solemn assembly and Sabbath to be forgotten in Zion”
“and is carried away from me like a shepherd's tent. I have rolled up”