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Job 4:19 Cross-References
Explore 17 cross-references for Job 4:19 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 4 verse 19 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?”
Job 4:19 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 4:19
Eliphaz continues: 'How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?' The 'houses of clay' refers to human bodies (2 Corinthians 5:1). Eliphaz argues from lesser to greater: if angels can fall, how much more humans! The moth comparison suggests humans are crushed as easily as moths. This is true anthropology—humans are frail—but false soteriology—it denies that God's power preserves His elect.
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 4:19
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“and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”
“I beg you”
“for out of it you were taken. For you are dust”
“I am toward God even as you are. I am also formed out of the clay.”
“Your defenses are defenses of clay.”
“like a garment that is moth-eaten.”
“See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.,And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes:,וַיַּעַן אַבְרָהָם וַיֹּאמַר הִנֵּה־נָא הוֹאַלְתִּי לְדַבֵּר אֶל־אֲדֹנָי וְאָנֹכִי עָפָר וָאֵפֶר׃ ,And Abraham answered and said: Behold now”
“that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God”
“You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath. Selah.,When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah., בְּתוֹכָחוֹת עַל־עָוֺן יִסַּרְתָּ אִישׁ וַתֶּמֶס כָּעָשׁ חֲמוּדוֹ אַךְ הֶבֶל כָּל־אָדָם סֶלָה׃ ,With rebukes dost Thou chasten man for iniquity, And like a moth Thou makest his beauty to consume away; Surely every man is vanity. Selah,38:12 ἐν ἐλεγμοῖς ὑπὲρ ἀνομίας ἐπαίδευσας ἄνθρωπον καὶ ἐξέτηξας ὡς ἀράχνην τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ πλὴν μάτην ταράσσεται πᾶς ἄνθρωπος διάψαλμα,38:11 Thou chastenest man with rebukes for iniquity, and thou makest his life to consume away like a spider's web; nay, every man is disquieted in vain. Pause.,,,,”
“All flesh is like grass, and all of man's glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls;,For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:,,,,,,,,”