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

16 The [a]tree is green before the Sun, and the branches spread over the garden thereof.

17 The roots thereof are wrapped about the fountain, and are folded about the house of stones.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 8:16 He compareth the just to a tree, which although it be removed out of one place unto another, yet flourisheth: so the affliction of the godly turneth to their profit.

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