Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version how much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who are crushed more readily than a moth! New Living Translation how much less will he trust people made of clay! They are made of dust, crushed as easily as a moth. English Standard Version how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like the moth. Berean Standard Bible how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth! King James Bible How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth? New King James Version How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before a moth? New American Standard Bible ‘How much more those who live in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth! NASB 1995 ‘How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth! NASB 1977 ‘How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth! Legacy Standard Bible How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth! Amplified Bible ‘How much more [will He blame and charge] those who dwell in houses (bodies) of clay, Whose foundations are in the dust, Who are crushed like a moth. Christian Standard Bible how much more those who dwell in clay houses, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth! Holman Christian Standard Bible how much more those who dwell in clay houses, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth! American Standard Version How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth! Contemporary English Version Humans are formed from clay and are fragile as moths, so what chance do you have? English Revised Version How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth! GOD'S WORD® Translation How much more will he accuse those who live in clay houses that have their foundation in the dust. Those houses can be crushed quicker than a moth! Good News Translation Do you think he will trust a creature of clay, a thing of dust that can be crushed like a moth? International Standard Version how much less confidence does he have in those who dwell in houses of clay; who were formed from a foundation in dust and can perish like a moth? Majority Standard Bible how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth! NET Bible how much more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth? New Heart English Bible How much more, those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth. Webster's Bible Translation How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth? World English Bible How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth! Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAlso—the inhabitants of houses of clay "" (Whose foundation [is] in the dust, "" They bruise them before a moth). Young's Literal Translation Also -- the inhabitants of houses of clay, (Whose foundation is in the dust, They bruise them before a moth.) Smith's Literal Translation Also those dwelling in houses of clay which their foundation in the dust, being crushed before the moth. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleHow much more shall they that dwell in houses of clay, who have an earthly foundation, be consumed as with the moth? Catholic Public Domain Version How much more will those who live in houses of clay, which have an earthly foundation, be consumed like the moth? New American Bible How much more with those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed more easily than a moth! New Revised Standard Version how much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleEven those who dwell in decorated houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, shall be humbled before the thick darkness. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Also those dwelling in houses of clay that dwell in the dust will be laid low before the thick darkness OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth! Brenton Septuagint Translation But as for them that dwell in houses of clay, of whom we also are formed of the same clay, he smites them like a moth. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Eliphaz: The Innocent Prosper…18If God puts no trust in His servants, and He charges His angels with error, 19how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth! 20They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; unnoticed, they perish forever.… Cross References Genesis 3:19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.” 2 Corinthians 4:7 Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us. 2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Psalm 103:14-16 For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust. / As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field; / when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more. Isaiah 64:8 But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand. Ecclesiastes 12:7 before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it. 1 Corinthians 15:47-49 The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven. / As was the earthly man, so also are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven. / And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man. 2 Peter 1:13-14 I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of my body, / because I know that this tent will soon be laid aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me. Romans 9:21 Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use? Isaiah 29:16 You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”? Jeremiah 18:6 “O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel. 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? / If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. 2 Timothy 2:20-21 A large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some indeed are for honorable use, but others are for common use. / So if anyone cleanses himself of what is unfit, he will be a vessel for honor: sanctified, useful to the Master, and prepared for every good work. Psalm 90:3-5 You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.” / For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night. / You sweep them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning— 1 Peter 1:24 For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, Treasury of Scripture How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth? dwell. Job 10:9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? Job 13:12 Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay. Job 33:6 Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay. crushed. Job 13:28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten. Job 14:2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. Psalm 39:11 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. Jump to Previous Bases Clay Crushed Dust Dwell Earth Foundation Foundations Houses Inhabitants Insect Less Moth Quickly ReadilyJump to Next Bases Clay Crushed Dust Dwell Earth Foundation Foundations Houses Inhabitants Insect Less Moth Quickly ReadilyJob 4 1. Eliphaz reproves Job that the innocent do not suffer7. He teaches God's judgments to be not for the righteous, but for the wicked. 12. His fearful vision to humble the excellency of creatures before God. how much more This phrase introduces a comparison, emphasizing the frailty and insignificance of humans compared to the divine. In the context of Eliphaz's speech, it underscores the idea that if even heavenly beings are not entirely pure before God, then humans, who are inherently weaker and more flawed, are even less so. This rhetorical device is used to highlight human vulnerability and the need for humility before God. those who dwell in houses of clay whose foundations are in the dust who are crushed like a moth Are crushed before the moth?--That is to say, are so frail that even the moth destroys them. Verse 19. - How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay! rather, hew muck more cloth he not put trust in them that inhabit houses of clay! i.e. "earthly bodies," bodies made out of the dust of the ground (Genesis 2:7; setup, Job 33:6). Whose foundation is in the dust; i.e." whose origin was the dust of the ground," which were formed from it and must return to it, according to the words of Genesis 3:19, "Dust thou art, and unto dust thou must return." Which are crushed before the moth. This is somewhat obscure. It may mean, "which are so fragile that a moth, a fly, or other weak creature may destroy them," or "which are crushed with the same ease with which a moth is crushed and destroyed."Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew how much moreאַ֤ף ׀ (’ap̄) Conjunction Strong's 637: Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though those who dwell שֹׁכְנֵ֬י (šō·ḵə·nê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's 7931: To settle down, abide, dwell in houses בָֽתֵּי־ (ḇāt·tê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1004: A house of clay, חֹ֗מֶר (ḥō·mer) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2563: A bubbling up, of water, a wave, of earth, mire, clay, a heap, a chomer, dry measure whose אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that foundations יְסוֹדָ֑ם (yə·sō·w·ḏām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 3247: Foundation, base are in the dust, בֶּעָפָ֥ר (be·‘ā·p̄ār) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud who can be crushed יְ֝דַכְּא֗וּם (yə·ḏak·kə·’ūm) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural Strong's 1792: To crumble, to bruise like a moth! עָֽשׁ׃ (‘āš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6211: A moth Links Job 4:19 NIVJob 4:19 NLT Job 4:19 ESV Job 4:19 NASB Job 4:19 KJV Job 4:19 BibleApps.com Job 4:19 Biblia Paralela Job 4:19 Chinese Bible Job 4:19 French Bible Job 4:19 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 4:19 How much more those who dwell (Jb) |
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