Charles Spurgeon Commentary Job 27:15-18

Charles Spurgeon Commentary

Job 27:15-18

1834–1892
Baptist
Charles Spurgeon
Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon Commentary

Job 27:15-18

1834–1892
Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, And his widows shall make no lamentation. Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay; He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver. He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh." — Job 27:15-18 (ASV)

He buildeth his house as a moth, which makes its home in the cloth, but the servant's brush knocks it all out and destroys the moth's children, too. And as a booth that the keeper maketh. The hypocrite's house is no better than that little shanty which the keeper of a vineyard puts up with a few boughs or mats, to sit under it from the heat of the sun. God save us from being such poor builders as this! May we build a house that is founded on the rock!