Bible verse
The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.
Job 27:18 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 27.
14 Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.
15 His survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them.
16 Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
17 what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.
18 The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.
19 He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
20 Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.
21 The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.
22 It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.
KJV
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth [that] the keeper maketh.
ASV
He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh.
ERV
He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth which the keeper maketh.
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