Job 8:14
12 While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up quicker than grass.
13 Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web.
15 He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.
16 He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web.
- KJV
- Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.
- WEB
- whose confidence will break apart, whose trust is a spider’s web.
- ASV
- Whose confidence shall break in sunder, And whose trust is a spider`s web.
- DARBY
- Whose confidence shall be cut off, and his reliance is a spider's web.
- BLB
- for whom his confidence shall be cut off, and his trust the house of a spider.
- ÅB
- hans tillit avskjæres, og det han trøster seg til, er spindelvev.
- OTB
- Deres tillit er skjør,
og deres tro er som et edderkoppnett. - B1930
- hans tillit avskjæres, og det han trøster sig til, er spindelvev.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 59:5–6
They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched.
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