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13 So are the paths of all who forget God;
and the hope of the godless will perish,
14 whose confidence is cut off
and whose trust[a] is a spider’s house.
15 He will lean himself against his house, but[b] it will not stand;
he will take hold of it, but[c] it will not endure.

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  1. Job 8:14 Literally “his trust”
  2. Job 8:15 Hebrew “and”
  3. Job 8:15 Hebrew “and”

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