“ He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh. ”
He buildeth his house as a moth - The house which the moth builds is the slight fabric which it makes for its own dwelling in the garment which it consumes. On this verse compare Job 8:14 . The...
He buildeth his house as a (m) moth, and as a booth [that] the keeper maketh. (m) Which breeds in another man's possessions or garment, but is soon shaken out.
Third Speech of Zophar. He once more reiterates, in spite of all Job has said, that the wicked shall perish. He bursts out Let mine enemy be as God's enemy. I can wish him no worse doom. In Job 27...
booth. Generally made of branches of trees. Compare Isaiah 1:8 . keeper . watcher: i.e. vineyard watcher.
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh. He buildeth his house as a moth - With great skill, great pains, and great industry; but the structure, however skillful, sha...
A booth that the keeper maketh— Here is an omission of the word vineyard: these booths were little huts or arbours made by the keepers to watch in by night, to prevent the vineyard from being p...
I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. These words are contrary to Job's previous sentiments (notes, Job 21:22-33 ; Job 24:22-25 ). They the...
Job's Eighth Speech (concluded) 1-6. Job protests that he is innocent. Job 27:1-6 are an enlargement of what Job had previously said ( Job 13:16 ) of his determination not to admit that he was...
XXII. THE OUTSKIRTS OF HIS WAYS Job 26:1-14 ; Job 27:1-23 Job SPEAKS BEGINNING his reply Job is full of scorn and sarcasm. "How hast thou helped one without power! How hast thou saved the...
the Justice of God Job 27:1-23 Zophar ought now to have taken up the discourse, but, as he is silent, Job proceeds. First he renews his protestations of integrity, Job 27:1-10 . He denies th...
There would seem to have been a pause after Job's answer to Bildad. The suggestion is that he waited for Zophar, and seeing that Zophar was silent, he took the initiative, and made general reply. Th...
(11) В¶ I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. (12) Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain? (13) This is the po...
THE DESTROYER DESTROYED ‘As a moth.’ Job 27:18 The moth is best known by its destructive work upon garments. The little pest considers not the value or the beauty of the fur which comes in i...
He buildeth his house as a moth ,.... Which builds its house in a garment by eating into it, and so destroying it, and in time eats itself out of house and home, and however does not continue long i...
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth [that] the keeper maketh. Ver. 18. He buildeth his house as a moth ] Which lodgeth itself in some stately garment, and thinks there to die in his ne...
Prepare raiment as the clay In great abundance. But the just shall put it on Either because it shall be given to him by the magistrate, to recompense him for those injuries which he had received...
HOLDING FAST HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS (vv.1-7) In Chapter 26 Job answered Bildad fully. Bildad's last argument was very brief, and after this Zophar had nothing at all to say. Job has already won the d...
Heritage of the Wicked. B. C. 1520. 11 I will teach you by the hand of God: that whi...
As a moth; which settleth itself in a garment, but is quickly and unexpectedly brushed off, and dispossessed of its dwelling, and crushed to death. That the keeper maketh; which the keeper of a g...
JOB’S REPLY TO THE FRIENDS IN GENERAL Job now alone in the field. Zophar, who should have followed Bildad, and to whom Job had given opportunity to speak, has apparently nothing to say. Job, the...
Remember that Job's friends had accused him of having committed some great sin; which would account for his great sorrows. The good man is naturally very indignant, and he uses the strongest possible...
Job 27:1 . Parable, equivalent to a wise, learned and conclusive speech. Job 27:2 . God hath taken away my judgment. The old readings here are preferable. The LXX, God judgeth me thus, or so h...
I will teach you by the hand of God. God’s treatment of wicked men Looking at Job’s lecture or address, we have to notice two things. I. Its introduction. The eleventh and twelfth verses may...
EXPOSITION Job 27:1-18 This chapter divides itself into three distinct portions. In the first, which extends to the end of Job 27:6 , Job is engaged in maintaining, with the utmost possibl...
Belief in the Final Destruction of the Ungodly.
Isaiah 1:8 ; Isaiah 38:12 ; Isaiah 51:8 ; Job 8:14 ; Job 8:15 ; Lamentations 2:6
A moth — Which settleth itself in a garment, but is quickly and unexpectedly dispossessed of its dwelling, and crushed to death. A booth — Which the keeper of a garden or vineyard suddenly rears up...