Job 8:15-17

Complete Jewish Bible

¹⁵ He can lean on his house, but it won’t stand;
he can hold on to it, but it won’t last;
¹⁶ [for its destruction will come] like the lush growth
of a plant in the sun,
its shoots may spread out all over its garden,
¹⁷ but meanwhile its roots cause the stone house
to collapse, as it seizes hold of the rocks;