Job 4:19
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 4:19 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 4:19 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 4:19 — KJV
“How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?”
— Job 4:19 (KJV)
Job 4:19 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 4:19
“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?”
Shares key themes with Job 4:19: how, much, less
“But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!”
Shares key themes with Job 4:19: how, much, less
“The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.”
Shares key themes with Job 4:19: less, dwell, whose
“When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses; succeedest: Heb. inheritest, or, possessest”
Shares key themes with Job 4:19: dwell, houses, whose
“And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.”
Shares key themes with Job 4:19: less, before, moth
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