Job 4:19
Strong's Lexicon
how much more
אַ֤ף ׀ (’ap̄)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 637: conj (denoting addition, esp of something greater) 1) also, yea, though, so much the more adv 2) furthermore, indeed

those who dwell
שֹׁכְנֵ֬י (šō·ḵə·nê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 7931: 1) to settle down, abide, dwell, tabernacle, reside 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to settle down to abide 1a2) to abide, dwell, reside 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to make settle down, establish 1b2) to make or cause to dwell 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to lay, place, set, establish, settle, fix 1c2) to cause to dwell or abide

in houses
בָֽתֵּי־ (ḇāt·tê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: nm 1) house 1a) house, dwelling habitation 1b) shelter or abode of animals 1c) human bodies (fig.) 1d) of Sheol 1e) of abode of light and darkness 1f) of land of Ephraim 2) place 3) receptacle 4) home, house as containing a family 5) household, family 5a) those belonging to the same household 5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body 6) household affairs 7) inwards (metaph.) 8) (TWOT) temple adv 9) on the inside prep 10) within

of clay,
חֹ֗מֶר (ḥō·mer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2563: 1) cement, mortar, clay 1a) mortar, cement 1b) clay 1c) mire 2) heap 2a) swelling, surging (of water) 3) homer-a unit of dry measure about 65 imperial gallons (300 l)

whose
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: 1) (relative part.) 1a) which, who 1b) that which 2) (conj) 2a) that (in obj clause) 2b) when 2c) since 2d) as 2e) conditional if

foundations
יְסוֹדָ֑ם (yə·sō·w·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3247: 1) foundation, base 1a) foundation 1b) base, bottom

are in the dust,
בֶּעָפָ֥ר (be·‘ā·p̄ār)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6083: 1) dry earth, dust, powder, ashes, earth, ground, mortar, rubbish 1a) dry or loose earth 1b) debris 1c) mortar 1d) ore

who can be crushed
יְ֝דַכְּא֗וּם (yə·ḏak·kə·’ūm)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1792: 1) to crush, be crushed, be contrite, be broken 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be crushed 1a2) to be contrite (fig.) 1b) (Piel) to crush 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be crushed, be shattered 1c2) to be made contrite 1d) (Hithpael) to allow oneself to be crushed

לִפְנֵי־ (lip̄·nê-)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: 1) face 1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

like a moth !
עָֽשׁ׃ (‘āš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6211: 1) moth 2) herbage, grass

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!

Young's Literal Translation
Also—the inhabitants of houses of clay, (Whose foundation [is] in the dust, They bruise them before a moth.)

Holman Christian Standard Bible
how much more those who dwell in clay  houses,  whose foundation is in  the  dust, who are crushed like a moth!

New American Standard Bible
How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!

King James Bible
How much less [in] them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation [is] in the dust, [which] are crushed before the moth?
Parallel Verses
New International Version
how much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who are crushed more readily than a moth!

New Living Translation
how much less will he trust people made of clay! They are made of dust, crushed as easily as a moth.

English Standard Version
how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like the moth.

New American Standard Bible
'How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
how much more those who dwell in clay houses, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth!

International Standard Version
how much less confidence does he have in those who dwell in houses of clay; who were formed from a foundation in dust and can perish like a moth?

NET Bible
how much more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth?

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

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

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
















Cross References
2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

2 Corinthians 5:1
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

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

Genesis 3:19
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Job 10:9
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?

Job 22:16
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

Job 33:6
Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 4:18
Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:

Job 4:17
Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

Job 4:16
It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
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