Job 8:14
whose confidence will break apart, whose trust is a spider’s web.
World English Bible Classic
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 who forget God. The hope of the godless man will perish,
15He will lean on his house, but it will not stand. He will cling to it, but it will not endure.
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 →