Job 4:19 Parallel Translations

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!(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

ASV:

How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!

BBE:

How much more those living in houses of earth, whose bases are in the dust! They are crushed more quickly than an insect;

DBY:

How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed as the moth!

ERV:

How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth!

JPS:

How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!

WBS:

How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth?

WEB:

How much more, those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!

YLT:

Also -- the inhabitants of houses of clay, (Whose foundation is in the dust, They bruise them before a moth.)

Job 4:19 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 2:7 Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

Genesis 3:19 By the sweat of your face You will eat bread, Till you return to the ground, Because from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return."

Job 10:9 'Remember now, that You have made me as clay; And would You turn me into dust again?

Job 22:16 Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundations were washed away by a river?

Job 33:6 "Behold, I belong to God like you; I too have been formed out of the clay. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

4:19 How much less [in] them that dwell in houses of {n} clay, whose foundation [is] in the dust, [which] are crushed before the moth?
(n) That is, in this mortal body, subject to corruption, as in 2Co 5:1.

WES:

4:19 How, and c. - The sense is, what strange presumption then is it for a foolish and mortal man, to make himself more just than God. In them - Who though they have immortal spirits, yet those spirits dwell in mortal bodies, which are great clogs, and incumbrances, and snares to them. These are called houses, (because they are the receptacles of the soul, and the places of its settled abode) and houses of clay, because they were made of clay, or earth, and to note their great frailty and mutability; whereas the angels are free spirits, unconfined to such carcasses, and dwell in celestial, and glorious, and everlasting mansions. Whose - Whose very foundation, no less than the rest of the building, is in the dust; had their original from it, and must return to it. We stand but upon the dust: some have an higher heap of dust to stand upon than others. But still it is the earth that stays us up, and will shortly swallow us up. Before - Sooner than a moth is crushed, which is easily done by a gentle touch of the finger. Or, at the face of a moth. No creature is so contemptible, but one time or other it may have the body of man in its power.

MHC:

4:12-21 Eliphaz relates a vision. When we are communing with our own hearts, and are still, Ps 4:4, then is a time for the Holy Spirit to commune with us. This vision put him into very great fear. Ever since man sinned, it has been terrible to him to receive communications from Heaven, conscious that he can expect no good tidings thence. Sinful man! shall he pretend to be more just, more pure, than God, who being his Maker, is his Lord and Owner? How dreadful, then, the pride and presumption of man! How great the patience of God! Look upon man in his life. The very foundation of that cottage of clay in which man dwells, is in the dust, and it will sink with its own weight. We stand but upon the dust. Some have a higher heap of dust to stand upon than others but still it is the earth that stays us up, and will shortly swallow us up. Man is soon crushed; or if some lingering distemper, which consumes like a moth, be sent to destroy him, he cannot resist it. Shall such a creature pretend to blame the appointments of God? Look upon man in his death. Life is short, and in a little time men are cut off. Beauty, strength, learning, not only cannot secure them from death, but these things die with them; nor shall their pomp, their wealth, or power, continue after them. Shall a weak, sinful, dying creature, pretend to be more just than God, and more pure than his Maker? No: instead of quarrelling with his afflictions, let him wonder that he is out of hell. Can a man be cleansed without his Maker? Will God justify sinful mortals, and clear them from guilt? or will he do so without their having an interest in the righteousness and gracious help of their promised Redeemer, when angels, once ministering spirits before his throne, receive the just recompence of their sins? Notwithstanding the seeming impunity of men for a short time, though living without God in the world, their doom is as certain as that of the fallen angels, and is continually overtaking them. Yet careless sinners note it so little, that they expect not the change, nor are wise to consider their latter end.

CONC:

Bases Bruise Clay Crushed Dust Dwell Foundation Foundations Houses Inhabitants Insect Less Moth Quickly Readily

Bases Clay Crushed Dust Dwell Earth Foundation Foundations Houses Inhabitants Insect Less Moth Quickly Readily

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