Job 8:15
He shall leane vpon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall holde him fast by it, yet shall it not endure.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
14His confidence also shalbe cut off, and his trust shalbe as the house of a spyder.
16The tree is greene before the sunne, and the branches spread ouer the garden thereof.
Cross References
Job 18:14His hope shalbe rooted out of his dwelling, and shall cause him to go to the King of feare.
Psalms 49:11Yet they thinke, their houses, and their habitations shall continue for euer, euen from generation to generation, and call their lands by their names.
Psalms 112:10The wicked shall see it and be angrie: he shall gnash with his teeth, and consume away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
Proverbs 14:11The house of the wicked shalbe destroyed: but the tabernacle of the righteous shall florish.
Matthew 7:24Whosoeuer then heareth of mee these words, and doeth the same, I will liken him to a wise man, which hath builded his house on 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 →