Job 8:14

What does Job 8:14 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 8:14 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Whose confidence shall break in sunder, And whose trust is a spider’s web.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Whose confidence shall break in sunder, And whose trust is a spider’s web.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Whose support is cut off, and whose hope is no stronger than a spider's thread.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Whose confidence is loathsome, And the house of a spider his trust.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

His folly shall not please him, and his trust shall be like the spider's web.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Whose confidence shall be cut off, and his reliance is a spider's web.

Context

v.13So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish:

v.14This passage

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

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 59:5

    They hatch adders’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth; and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

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