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13 So are the paths of all who forget God.
    The hope of the godless man will perish,
14 whose confidence will break apart,
    whose trust is a spider’s web.
15 He will lean on his house, but it will not stand.
    He will cling to it, but it will not endure.

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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.