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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Job 27:18

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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(Job 8:14; Job 4:19). The transition is natural from "raiment" (Job 27:16) to the "house" of the "moth" in it, and of it, when in its larva state. The moth worm's house is broken whenever the "raiment" is shaken out, so frail is it. booth--a bough-formed hut which the guard of a vineyard raises for temporary shelter (Isa 1:8).
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