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Job 4:19

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
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✦ MADE SIMPLE

How much more fragile are those who live in bodies made of clay, whose very foundation is dust, and who can be crushed as easily as a moth?

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

This verse is emphasizing how incredibly fragile and temporary human life is compared to heavenly beings.

📚 Historical Context

This is part of Eliphaz's first speech to Job, where he's arguing that if even angels can be found imperfect before God, then humans—made from dust and clay—are far more vulnerable to God's judgment. In ancient times, 'houses of clay' was a poetic way to describe human bodies, reflecting the Genesis account of humans being formed from dust.

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Translation & Methodology Sources

The original manuscript text provided is based on the King James Version (KJV), which is in the public domain. Our modern English simplifications are generated via proprietary philological synthesis, cross-referenced against Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and the Textus Receptus to ensure unwavering theological and etymological precision.

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