Job 27:18
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
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- Isaiah 1:8Rank 1 from verse 18
- Job 8:14–15Rank 2 from verse 18
14Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.
15He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
14Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be †a spiders web.
15He shall leane vpon his house, but it shall not stand: he shal hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
- Isaiah 51:8Rank 3 from verse 18
8For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
8For the moth shall eate them vp like a garment, and the worme shal eate them like wooll: but my righteousnes shalbe for euer; and my saluation from generation to generation.
- Isaiah 38:12Rank 4 from verse 18
12Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
12‖Mine age is departed, and is remoued from me as a shepheards tent: I haue cut off like a weauer my life: he will cut mee off with pining sicknesse: from day euen to night wilt thou make an end of me.
- Lamentations 2:6Rank 5 from verse 18
6And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the Lord hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
6And he hath violently *taken away his ‖tabernacle, as if it were of a garden, hee hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemne feasts and Sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the King and the Priest.
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Job 27:18
Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
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A small winged creature known for consuming or corrupting garments and other perishable things.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
A house or shed built of boards, boughs of trees, or other slight materials, for a temporary residence.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Third-person singular present form of make (to form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition).
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17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
17He may prepare it, but the iust shall put it on, and the innocent shall diuide the siluer.
18He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
18He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
Selected passage19The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
19The rich man shall lie downe, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not: