Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Job 8:14
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Berean Standard Bible
His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web.
King James Version
Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust [shall be] a spider’s web.
World English Bible
whose confidence will break apart, whose trust is a spider’s web.
American Standard Version
Whose confidence shall break in sunder, And whose trust is a spider’s web.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Job 8
12 While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up more quickly than grass.
13 Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
14 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.
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