Job 8:15
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
14Whose confidence is gossamer, and whose trust is a spider's web.
16He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden.
Cross References
Job 18:14That wherein he trusteth shall be plucked out of his tent; and he shall be brought to the king of terrors.
Psalms 49:11(49-12) Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling-places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
Psalms 112:10The wicked shall see it, and be vexed; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away; the desire of the wicked shall perish.
Proverbs 14:11The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; but the tent of the upright shall flourish.
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 →