Key Verse Spotlight
Job 27:18 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth {that} the keeper maketh.”
Job 27:18
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
He may prepare {it}, but the just shall put {it} on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth {that} the keeper maketh.
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he {is} not.
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
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