Job 8:15
He leaneth on his house — and it standeth not: He taketh hold on it — and it abideth not.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
14Whose confidence is loathsome, And the house of a spider his trust.
16Green he [is] before the sun, And over his garden his branch goeth out.
Cross References
Job 18:14Drawn from his tent is his confidence, And it causeth him to step to the king of terrors.
Psalms 49:11Their heart [is]: Their houses [are] to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.
Psalms 112:10The wicked seeth, and hath been angry, His teeth he gnasheth, and hath melted, The desire of the wicked doth perish!
Proverbs 14:11The house of the wicked is destroyed, And the tent of the upright flourisheth.
Matthew 7:24'Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the 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 →