Job 4:19
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.)

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?

Hebrew
how much more
אַ֤ף ׀ (’ap̄)
Conjunction
Strong's 637: Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though

those who dwell
שֹׁכְנֵ֬י (šō·ḵə·nê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 7931: To settle down, abide, dwell

in houses
בָֽתֵּי־ (ḇāt·tê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of clay,
חֹ֗מֶר (ḥō·mer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2563: A bubbling up, of water, a wave, of earth, mire, clay, a heap, a chomer, dry measure

whose
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

foundations
יְסוֹדָ֑ם (yə·sō·w·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3247: Foundation, base

are in the dust,
בֶּעָפָ֥ר (be·‘ā·p̄ār)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud

who can be crushed
יְ֝דַכְּא֗וּם (yə·ḏak·kə·’ūm)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural
Strong's 1792: To crumble, to bruise

like a moth!
עָֽשׁ׃ (‘āš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6211: A moth

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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