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14 His confidence breaks in sunder,
    and his trust is a spider’s web.[a]
15 He leans against his house, but it does not stand;
    he lays hold of it, but it does not endure.
16 He thrives before the sun,
    and his shoots spread over his garden.

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  1. Job 8:14 Heb house

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