Job Chapter 4 verse 19 Holy Bible
How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!
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How much more those living in houses of earth, whose bases are in the dust! They are crushed more quickly than an insect;
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How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed as the moth!
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How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
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How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth?
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How much more, those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!
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Also -- the inhabitants of houses of clay, (Whose foundation `is' in the dust, They bruise them before a moth.)
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 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."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(19) Houses of clay.--This may perhaps contain an allusion to Genesis 11:3.Are crushed before the moth?--That is to say, are so frail that even the moth destroys them.
