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12 Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before kol khatzir (all grass).

13 So are the paths of all that forget El (G-d), and the tikvat chanef (hope of the hypocrite, the irreligious, the secretly wicked profane person) shall perish,

14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose reliance shall be a bais akavish (spider’s web).

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12 While still growing and uncut,
    they wither more quickly than grass.(A)
13 Such is the destiny(B) of all who forget God;(C)
    so perishes the hope of the godless.(D)
14 What they trust in is fragile[a];
    what they rely on is a spider’s web.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 8:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.