Job 8:14

Whose confidence shall be cut off, and his reliance is a spider's web.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.

In Context

13So are the paths of all that forget God; and the profane man's hope shall perish,

15He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand; he shall lay hold on it, but it shall not endure.

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Matthew Henry on Job 8:9-20

8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) 10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? 11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water? 12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. 13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:… Read the whole commentary →

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