Job 8:15

Job chapter 8 · verse 15 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.14Whose confidence shall break in sunder, And whose trust is a spider’s web.

v.15This passage

v.16He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden.

Cross references

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

  • Proverbs 10:28

    The hope of the righteousshall begladness; But the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

  • Psalms 49:11

    Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, Andtheir dwelling-places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names.

  • Matthew 7:24

    Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock:

  • Psalms 52:5

    God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. [Selah

  • Psalms 112:10

    The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: The desire of the wicked shall perish.

  • Job 18:14

    He shall be rooted out of his tent wherein he trusteth; And he shall be brought to the king of terrors.