Job 8:15
He leaneth against his house, but it shall not stand: he layeth fast hold on it, but it shall not remain erect.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
14[It is he] whose trust will be cut off, and but a spider's web is that in which he confideth.
16He is in full vigor before the sun, and over his garden his shoots go forth.
Cross References
Job 18:14Then will be plucked up out of his tent his confidence, and [the evil] will urge him forward to the king of terrors.
Psalms 49:11(49:12) Their inward thought is, that their houses are to be for ever, their dwelling-places, from generation to generation; they call them by their own names in [various] countries.
Psalms 112:10The wicked shall see it, and be vexed; he will gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the longing of the wicked shall perish.
Proverbs 14:11The house of the wicked will be destroyed: but the tent of the upright will 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 →