Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Job 27:18
He buildeth his house as a moth, a frail and temporary dwelling, and as a booth that the keeper maketh, a shed which a watchman puts up for a few days.
He buildeth his house as a moth, a frail and temporary dwelling, and as a booth that the keeper maketh, a shed which a watchman puts up for a few days.
Verse Job 27:18. _HE BUILDETH HIS HOUSE AS A MOTH_] With great skill, great pains, and great industry; but the structure, however skilful, shall be dissolved; and the materials, however costly, shall...
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 dwellin...
CHAPTER 27 JOB'S CLOSING WORDS IN SELF-VINDICATION _ 1. My righteousness I hold fast (Job 27:1)_ 2. The contrast between himself and the wicked (Job 27:7) Job 27:1. Zophar, the third friend, no long...
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 27:8 t...
BOOTH. Generally made of branches of trees. Compare Isaiah 1:8. KEEPER. watcher: i.e. vineyard watcher....
The disastrous fate of the wicked man at the hand of God. Job 27:7-10 drew a contrast between the internal state of the mind of the speaker and that of the sinner; in these verses the contrast is pur...
The utter destruction of the wicked man is exhibited in three turns: his children and descendants are destined for the sword, and become the prey of famine and pestilence (Job 27:13); his wealth and p...
The "booth" of the "keeper" referred to is the flimsy hut erected in the vineyard or other gardens as a post for the watchman, who protects the fruit from theft or destruction by wild beasts. As descr...
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 plun...
B. NO BELIEVERS ANONYMOUS, I.E., NO UNIVERSAL SALVATION (Job 27:7-23) TEXT 27:7-23 7 LET MINE ENEMY BE AS THE WICKED, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous. 8 For what is th...
_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; Job 24:22). They therefore seem to b...
JOB'S EIGHTH SPEECH (CONCLUDED) 1-6. Job protests that he is innocent. Job 27:1 are an enlargement of what Job had previously said (Job 13:16) of his determination not to admit that he was being puni...
AS A MOTH] like the frail chrysalis or cocoon. AS A BOOTH] like the temporary shelter of the vineyard watchman. 19-23. The passage refers to the final fall of the wicked. In the Persian sacred books w...
In other words, the wicked man might seem powerful. But his life is weak. He can die in a moment (Matthew 7:26-27; Luke 12:16-20)....
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 27 JOB CONTINUES HIS LAST S...
בָּנָ֣ה כָ † עָ֣שׁ בֵּיתֹ֑ו וּ֝ כְ...
XXII. THE OUTSKIRTS OF HIS WAYS Job 26:1; Job 27:1 Job SPEAKS BEGINNING his reply Job is full of scorn and sarcasm. "How hast thou helped one without power! How hast thou saved the strengthless...
THE JUSTICE OF GOD Job 27:1 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. He denies the charge of be...
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. This...
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....
Moth. Hebrew, "as the polar star." (Junius) --- But the Chaldean, &c., translate with the Vulgate, which agrees better with the latter part of the verse. The moth devours another's property, like the...
(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 por...
_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 its wa...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...
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 in 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 nest...
_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 f...
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 debat...
His house or family that appears to be so strong is actually as flimsy as. spider's web, or. temporary hut built by. farmer during harvest season so he can guard his crops....
11-23 Job's friends, on the same subject, spoke of the misery of wicked men before death as proportioned to their crimes; Job considered that if it were not so, still the consequences of their death...
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 garden...
Job 27:18 builds H1129 (H8804) house H1004 moth H6211 booth H5521 watchman H5341 (H8802) makes H6213 ...
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...
CONTENTS: Job's answer to Bildad continued. CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: The consideration of the miserable condition of the hypocrite should engage us to be upright. KEY WORD: Hypocr...
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 heavily...
_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 be r...
_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, therefo...
EXPOSITION JOB 27:1 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 possible solemnity (ve...
Job continued his answer and he said, As God lives, who has taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who has vexed my soul; All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;...
Isaiah 1:8; Isaiah 38:12; Isaiah 51:8; Job 8:14; Job 8:15;...
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 in...