13 Such are the paths of all who (A)forget God;
    (B)the hope of (C)the godless shall perish.
14 His confidence is severed,
    and his trust is (D)a spider's web.[a]
15 He leans against his (E)house, but it does not stand;
    he lays hold of it, but it does not endure.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 8:14 Hebrew house

13 Such is the destiny(A) of all who forget God;(B)
    so perishes the hope of the godless.(C)
14 What they trust in is fragile[a];
    what they rely on is a spider’s web.(D)
15 They lean on the web,(E) but it gives way;
    they cling to it, but it does not hold.(F)

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Footnotes

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