15He leans on his web, but it gives way; he clings to it, but it does not hold.


In Context

12 While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass.

13 Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless.

14 What he trusts in is fragile ; what he relies on is a spider's web.

15 He leans on his web, but it gives way; he clings to it, but it does not hold.

16 He is like a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden;

17 it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones.

Job 8:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:15He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:15He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand: he shall prop it up, and it shall not rise:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:15He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:15He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand; he shall lay hold on it, but it shall not endure.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:15He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:15He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:15He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand. He shall cling to it, but it shall not endure.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:15He leaneth on his house — and it standeth not: He taketh hold on it — and it abideth not.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:15He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.