King James Version
Job 4:19 in the King James Version says “How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?” — study this verse from Job chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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
Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly: and his: or, nor in his angels, in whom he put light
How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it. destroyed: Heb. beaten in pieces
Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“How much less”
H637meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though
“in houses”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“of clay”
H2563properly, a bubbling up, i.e., of water, a wave; hence, a chomer or dry measure
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which are crushed”
H1792to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
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