Job 27:18
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.In other versions
He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh.
ASV
His house has no more strength than a spider's thread, or a watchman's tent.
BBE
He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth that a keeper maketh.
DBY
He builds his house as the moth, As a booth which the watchman makes.
WEB
He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.
YLT
He builds his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper makes.
ENG
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
WBT
The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.
BSB
In context
16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
18He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
19The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
20Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.