Job 8:15 “He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not…”

Job 8:15

He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

He will lean on his house, but it will not stand. He will cling to it, but it will not endure.

American Standard Version

He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.

Geneva Bible 1599

He shall leane vpon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall holde him fast by it, yet shall it not endure.

Darby Translation

He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand; he shall lay hold on it, but it shall not endure.

Young's Literal Translation

He leaneth on his house — and it standeth not: He taketh hold on it — and it abideth not.

Bible in Basic English

He is looking to his family for support, but it is not there; he puts his hope in it, but it comes to nothing.

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Cross references

“it shall not stand”

Job 27:18 Matthew 7:24–27 Luke 6:47–49 Job 18:14 Psalm 52:5–7 Psalm 112:10

Job 27:18 · BSB

The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.

Matthew 7:24–27 · BSB

Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

Luke 6:47–49 · BSB

I will show you what he is like who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them:

Job 18:14 · BSB

He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.

Psalm 52:5–7 · BSB

Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

Psalm 112:10 · BSB

The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.

Also

Psalm 49:11

Psalm 49:11 · BSB

Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations— even though their lands were their namesakes.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web.

16He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.

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