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14 For his hope shall be cut off, and his trust is a spider’s web.

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

16 Like a tree, he is green before the sun, and his branches go forth over his garden;

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14 What they trust in is fragile[a];
    what they rely on is a spider’s web.(A)
15 They lean on the web,(B) but it gives way;
    they cling to it, but it does not hold.(C)
16 They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine,
    spreading its shoots(D) over the garden;(E)

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Footnotes

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