14 What they trust in is fragile[a];
    what they rely on is a spider’s web.(A)
15 They lean on the web,(B) but it gives way;
    they cling to it, but it does not hold.(C)

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Footnotes

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

14 His source of confidence is fragile.
He trusts in something as fragile as a spider’s web.
15 He leans on his web, but it does not support him.
He grasps it, but it does not hold him up.

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