Job 8:15
He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand: he shall prop it up, and it shall not rise:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
14His folly shall not please him, and his trust shall be like the spider's web.
16He seemeth to have moisture before the sun cometh, and at his rising his blossom shall shoot forth.
Cross References
Job 18:14Let his confidence be rooted out of his tabernacle, and let destruction tread upon him like a king.
Psalms 49:11He shall not see destruction, when he shall see the wise dying: the senseless and the fool shall perish together: And they shall leave their riches to strangers:
Psalms 112:10The wicked shall see, and shall be angry, he shall gnash with his teeth and pine away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
Proverbs 14:11The house of the wicked shall be destroyed: but the tabernacles of the just shall flourish.
Matthew 7:24Every one therefore that heareth these my words, and doth them, shall be likened to a wise man that built his house upon a rock,
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 →