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Job 8:15
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He leans on his web, but it doesn’t stand firm.He grabs it, but it does not hold up.
He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand. He shall cling to it, but it shall not endure.
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
He leans against his house, but it does not stand; he lays hold of it, but it does not endure.
They lean on the spider's web, but it breaks. They grab it, but it does not hold up.
He leans against his house but it does not hold up, he takes hold of it but it does not stand.
"He trusts in his house, but it does not stand; He holds tightly to it, but it does not endure.
"He depends on his house, but it does not stand; He holds on to it, but it does not endure.
He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand. He shall cling to it, but it shall not endure.
He shall leane vpon his house, but it shall not stand: he shal holde him fast by it, yet shall it not endure.
He relies on his house, but it does not stand;He holds fast to it, but it is not established.
He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.
they take hold and fall because it's so flimsy.
He can lean on his house, but it won't stand; he can hold on to it, but it won't last;
He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand; he shall lay hold on it, but it shall not endure.
When they lean against it, it will break. When they reach out for it, it will not hold them up.
The wicked shall put his trust in his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
If they lean on a web, will it hold them up? If they grab for a thread, will it help them stand?"
He will lean himself against his house, but it will not stand; he will take hold of it, but it will not endure.
He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold fast to it, but it shall not endure.
He leeneth him vpo his house, but he shal not stonde: he holdeth him fast by it, yet shal he not endure.
He is looking to his family for support, but it is not there; he puts his hope in it, but it comes to nothing.
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
He shall leane vpon his house, but it shall not stand: he shal hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
He shal leane vpon his house, but it shal not stande: he shall holde him fast by it, yet shall it not endure.
If he should prop up his house, it shall not stand: and when he has taken hold of it, it shall not remain.
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
He schal leene, `ether reste, on his hows, and it schal not stonde; he schal vndursette it, and it schal not rise togidere.
He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand: He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
He leans on his house, but it does not stand. He holds it fast, but it does not endure.
They cling to their home for security, but it won't last. They try to hold it tight, but it will not endure.
The spider trusts in his house, but it falls apart. He holds on to it, but it does not hold.
If one leans against its house, it will not stand; if one lays hold of it, it will not endure.
He leaneth upon his house, and it will not stand, he holdeth it fast, and it will not remain erect.
He shall lean upon his house, and it shall no stand: he shall prop it up, and it shall not rise:
He leans against his house, but it does not stand; he lays hold of it, but it does not endure.
He leaneth on his house -- and it standeth not: He taketh hold on it -- and it abideth not.
"He trusts in his house, but it does not stand; He holds fast to it, but it does not endure.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
it shall not stand: Job 18:14, Job 27:18, Psalms 52:5-7, Psalms 112:10, Proverbs 10:28, Matthew 7:24-27, Luke 6:47-49
Reciprocal: Proverbs 14:11 - house Proverbs 21:12 - wisely Isaiah 59:6 - webs
Gill's Notes on the Bible
He shall lean upon his house,.... Either the spider or the hypocrite, or the hypocrite as the spider; that is, that which is the ground of his confidence, which is as the spider's house, on that he shall depend, either on his riches and outward prosperity, which he promises himself a long continuance of, and from whence he concludes himself to be high in the favour and good will of God; or on his works of righteousness, his outward profession of religion, attendance on external worship, and a round of duties performed by him; in these he trusts, on these he depends, in such webs he enwraps himself, in such a house he dwells, and imagines himself safe; which is only making flesh his arm, leaning upon a broken reed, and building an house upon the sand: the Septuagint version is, "if he prop up his house", by repeated outward acts of religion:
but it shall not stand: whether it be riches, these are uncertain things, of no continuance; there are no riches durable but the unsearchable riches of Christ and his grace; or whether it be a man's own righteousness, which he endeavours to establish, or "make to stand", as the phrase is in Romans 10:3; but in vain; it is but a sandy foundation to build on; or the hope and confidence laid upon it is like a house built on the sand, and, when rain falls, floods come, and winds beat upon it, it falls; and great is the fall of it, Matthew 7:26;
he shall hold it fast; as the worldling does his wealth, his gold and his silver; but it is snatched out of his hand by one providence or another, or however at last death obliges him to part with it; and the self-righteous man holds fast his righteousness, it is his own, he is fond of, an house of his own building, and cannot bear to have it demolished; an idol of his own setting up, and to take it away is to take away his gods; and what has he more? wherefore he holds it as fast as he can, and will not let it go till he can hold it no longer; or, "he shall fortify himself in it" h, as in a castle or strong hold, which he thinks impregnable, yet will soon and easily be battered down by divine justice:
but it shall not endure; gold perishes, riches come to nought, wealth is no enduring substance, nor is a man's righteousness lasting; only Christ's righteousness is everlasting; true grace endures to eternal and issues in it; but external gifts, speculative and rational knowledge, and a mere profession of religion, fail, cease, and vanish away.
h ××××ק "roborabit in eam", Montanus, Bolducius; "firmat se", Vatablus; so the Targum and Ben Gersom.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
He shall lean upon his house - This is an allusion to the web or house of the spider. The hope of the hypocrite is called the house which he has built for himself; his home, his refuge, his support. But it shall fail him. In times of trial he will trust to it for support, and it will be found to be as frail as the web of the spider. How little the light and slender thread which a spider spins would avail a man for support in time of danger! So frail and unsubstantial will be the hope of the hypocrite! It is impossible to conceive any figure which would more strongly describe the utter vanity of the hopes of the wicked. A similar comparison occurs in the Koran, Sur. 28, 40: âThey who assume any other patrons to themselves besides God, are like the spider building his house; for the house of the spider is most feeble.â
He shall hold it fast - Or, he shall lay hold on it to sustain him, denoting the avidity with which the hypocrite seizes upon his hope. The figure is still taken from the spider, and is an instance of a careful observation of the habits of that insect. The idea is, that the spider, when a high wind or a tempest blows, seizes upon its slender web to sustain itself. But it is insufficient. The wind sweeps all away. So the tempest of calamity sweeps away the hypocrite, though he grasps at his hope, and would seek security in that, as a spider does in the light and tenuous thread which it has spun.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 8:15. He shall lean upon his house — This is all allusion to the spider. When he suspects his web, here called his house, to be frail or unsure, he leans upon it in different parts, propping himself on his hinder legs, and pulling with his fore claws, to see if all be safe. If he find any part of it injured, he immediately adds new cordage to that part, and attaches it strongly to the wall. When he finds all safe and strong, he retires into his hole at one corner, supposing himself to be in a state of complete security, when in a moment the brush or the besom sweeps away both himself, his house, and his confidence. This I have several times observed; and it is in this that the strength and point of the comparison consist. The wicked, whose hope is in his temporal possessions strengthens and keeps his house in repair; and thus leans on his earthly supports; in a moment, as in the case of the spider, his house is overwhelmed by the blast of God's judgments, and himself probably buried in its ruins. This is a very fine and expressive metaphor, which not one of the commentators that I have seen has ever discovered.
