Job 27:18
Strong's Lexicon
The house
בֵּית֑וֹ (bê·ṯōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: nm 1) house 1a) house, dwelling habitation 1b) shelter or abode of animals 1c) human bodies (fig.) 1d) of Sheol 1e) of abode of light and darkness 1f) of land of Ephraim 2) place 3) receptacle 4) home, house as containing a family 5) household, family 5a) those belonging to the same household 5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body 6) household affairs 7) inwards (metaph.) 8) (TWOT) temple adv 9) on the inside prep 10) within

he built
בָּנָ֣ה (bā·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1129: 1) to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to build, rebuild 1a2) to build a house (ie, establish a family) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be built 1b2) to be rebuilt 1b3) established (of restored exiles) (fig.) 1b4) established (made permanent) 1b5) to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through the children of a concubine)

is like a moth’s cocoon,
כָעָ֣שׁ (ḵā·‘āš)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6211: 1) moth 2) herbage, grass

like a hut
וּ֝כְסֻכָּ֗ה (ū·ḵə·suk·kāh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5521: 1) thicket, covert, booth 1a) thicket 1b) booth (rude or temporary shelter)

set up
עָשָׂ֥ה (‘ā·śāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to do, work, make, produce 1a1a) to do 1a1b) to work 1a1c) to deal (with) 1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect 1a2) to make 1a2a) to make 1a2b) to produce 1a2c) to prepare 1a2d) to make (an offering) 1a2e) to attend to, put in order 1a2f) to observe, celebrate 1a2g) to acquire (property) 1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute 1a2i) to bring about 1a2j) to use 1a2k) to spend, pass 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be done 1b2) to be made 1b3) to be produced 1b4) to be offered 1b5) to be observed 1b6) to be used 1c) (Pual) to be made 2) (Piel) to press, squeeze

by a watchman.
נֹצֵֽר׃ (nō·ṣêr)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5341: 1) to guard, watch, watch over, keep 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to watch, guard, keep 1a2) to preserve, guard from dangers 1a3) to keep, observe, guard with fidelity 1a4) to guard, keep secret 1a5) to be kept close, be blockaded 1a6) watchman (participle)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.

Young's Literal Translation
He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The house he built is like  a  moth’s cocoon or a booth set up by a watchman. 

New American Standard Bible
"He has built his house like the spider's web, Or as a hut [which] the watchman has made.

King James Bible
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth [that] the keeper maketh.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
The house he builds is like a moth's cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman.

New Living Translation
The wicked build houses as fragile as a spider's web, as flimsy as a shelter made of branches.

English Standard Version
He builds his house like a moth’s, like a booth that a watchman makes.

New American Standard Bible
"He has built his house like the spider's web, Or as a hut which the watchman has made.

King James Bible
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The house he built is like a moth's cocoon or a booth set up by a watchman.

International Standard Version
"He has built his house like a moth's cocoon, like a temporary sunshade that a watchman makes.

NET Bible
The house he builds is as fragile as a moth's cocoon, like a hut that a watchman has made.

American Standard Version
He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh.

English Revised Version
He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth which the keeper maketh.

Young's Literal Translation
He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.
















Cross References
Job 8:15
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

Job 18:14
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 27:17
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

Job 27:16
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

Job 27:15
Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

Job 27:19
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

Job 27:20
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

Job 27:21
The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
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