Job 8:15

If he should prop up his house, it shall not stand: 1 And when he has taken hold of it, it shall not remain. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

In Context

14For his house shall be without inhabitants, 1 And his tent shall prove a spider’s web. 1

16For it is moist under the sun, 1 And his branch shall come forth out of his dungheap. 1

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Cross References

Job 18:14And let health be utterly banished from his tabernacle, 1 And let distress seize upon him with a charge from the king. 1

Psalms 49:11I know all the birds of the sky; 1 And the beauty of the field is mine. 1

Proverbs 14:11The houses of ungodly men shall be utterly destroyed; 1 But the tabernacles of them that walk uprightly shall stand. 1

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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