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They are leaning on a spider’s web.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/8.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />His confidence is severed, and his trust is a spider’s web.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust <i>shall be</i> a spider's web.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Whose confidence shall be cut off, And whose trust <i>is</i> a spider’s web.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />His confidence is fragile, And his trust is a spider’s web.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Whose confidence is fragile, And whose trust a spider&#8217s web.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Whose confidence is fragile, And whose trust a spider’s web.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Whose confidence is fragile, And whose trust a spider’s web.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For his confidence is fragile <i>and</i> breaks, And his trust is [like] a spider’s web.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />His source of confidence is fragile; what he trusts in is a spider’s web.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />His source of confidence is fragile; what he trusts in is a spider&#8217s web. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Whose confidence shall break in sunder, And whose trust is a spider's web.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and trust in something as frail as a spider's web--<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Whose confidence shall break in sunder, and whose trust is a spider's web.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />His confidence is easily shattered. His trust is a spider's web.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They trust a thread--a spider's web. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />his confidence is shattered; his trust is in a spider's web.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />whose trust is in something futile, whose security is a spider's web. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Whose confidence shall break apart, Whose trust is a spider's web.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />whose confidence will break apart, whose trust is a spider’s web. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Whose confidence is loathsome, "" And the house of a spider his trust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Whose confidence is loathsome, And the house of a spider his trust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Which his hope shall be cut off, and the spider's house his trust.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />His folly shall not please him, and his trust shall be like the spider's web. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />His frenzy will not please him, and his faith will be like a spider’s web.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />His confidence is but a gossamer thread, his trust is a spider’s house. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Their confidence is gossamer, a spider’s house their trust.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Whose confidence shall be cut off, and whose house is a spider's web.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And his trust will be cut down, and his house is the house of the spider<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Whose confidence is gossamer, And whose trust is a spider's web.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For his house shall be without inhabitants, and his tent shall prove a spider's web.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/8-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=1233" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/8.htm">Bildad: Job Should Repent</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish. <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">His</a> <a href="/hebrew/3689.htm" title="3689: kis·lōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Loins, stupidity, confidence. From kacal; properly, fatness, i.e. By implication the loin or the viscera; also silliness or trust.">confidence</a> <a href="/hebrew/6990.htm" title="6990: yā·qō·wṭ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To clip off, destroy. A primitive root; to clip off, i.e. destroy.">is fragile;</a> <a href="/hebrew/4009.htm" title="4009: miḇ·ṭa·ḥōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Confidence. From batach; properly, a refuge, i.e. security, or assurance.">his security</a> <a href="/hebrew/5908.htm" title="5908: ‘ak·kā·ḇîš (N-ms) -- A spider. Probably from an unused root in the literal sense of entangling; a spider.">is in a spider’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: ū·ḇêṯ (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">web.</a> </span><span class="reftext">15</span>He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-26.htm">Matthew 7:26-27</a></span><br />But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. / The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/6-49.htm">Luke 6:49</a></span><br />But the one who hears My words and does not act on them is like a man who built his house on ground without a foundation. The torrent crashed against that house, and immediately it fell—and great was its destruction!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/11-7.htm">Proverbs 11:7</a></span><br />When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/59-5.htm">Isaiah 59:5-6</a></span><br />They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched. / Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/17-5.htm">Jeremiah 17:5-6</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD. / He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/62-3.htm">Psalm 62:3-4</a></span><br />How long will you threaten a man? Will all of you throw him down like a leaning wall or a tottering fence? / They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/6-17.htm">1 Timothy 6:17</a></span><br />Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/13-10.htm">Ezekiel 13:10-15</a></span><br />Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built, / tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth. / Surely when the wall has fallen, you will not be asked, ‘Where is the whitewash with which you covered it?’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/10-28.htm">Proverbs 10:28</a></span><br />The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectations of the wicked will perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-11.htm">James 1:11</a></span><br />For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/49-6.htm">Psalm 49:6-7</a></span><br />They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches. / No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-12.htm">Isaiah 30:12-13</a></span><br />Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit, / this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly—in an instant!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-12.htm">1 Corinthians 3:12-15</a></span><br />If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, / his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work. / If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/14-11.htm">Proverbs 14:11</a></span><br />The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/52-7.htm">Psalm 52:7</a></span><br />“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.</p><p class="hdg">web.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/59-5.htm">Isaiah 59:5,6</a></b></br> They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/nehemiah/12-47.htm">Apart</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-27.htm">Break</a> <a href="/job/7-5.htm">Breaks</a> <a href="/job/4-6.htm">Confidence</a> <a href="/job/8-12.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/4-7.htm">Fragile</a> <a href="/job/8-13.htm">Hope</a> <a href="/job/7-10.htm">House</a> <a href="/job/7-5.htm">Loathsome</a> <a href="/colossians/1-29.htm">Reliance</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-10.htm">Relies</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-5.htm">Spider</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-5.htm">Spider's</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-4.htm">Stronger</a> <a href="/luke/12-46.htm">Sunder</a> <a href="/job/4-6.htm">Support</a> <a href="/job/7-6.htm">Thread</a> <a href="/job/4-18.htm">Trust</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-6.htm">Trusts</a> <a href="/judges/16-14.htm">Web</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/16-12.htm">Apart</a> <a href="/job/9-17.htm">Break</a> <a href="/job/9-17.htm">Breaks</a> <a href="/job/11-18.htm">Confidence</a> <a href="/job/11-10.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/daniel/2-42.htm">Fragile</a> <a href="/job/8-15.htm">Hope</a> <a href="/job/8-15.htm">House</a> <a href="/job/19-17.htm">Loathsome</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-19.htm">Reliance</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-10.htm">Relies</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-28.htm">Spider</a> <a href="/job/27-18.htm">Spider's</a> <a href="/job/17-9.htm">Stronger</a> <a href="/psalms/46-9.htm">Sunder</a> <a href="/job/8-15.htm">Support</a> <a href="/job/27-18.htm">Thread</a> <a href="/job/11-18.htm">Trust</a> <a href="/job/8-15.htm">Trusts</a> <a href="/job/8-15.htm">Web</a><div class="vheading2">Job 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/8-1.htm">Bildad shows God's justice in dealing with men according to their works.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/8-8.htm">He alleges antiquity to prove the certain destruction of the hypocrite.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/8-20.htm">He applies God's just dealing to Job.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/8.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>His confidence is fragile;</b><br>This phrase highlights the precarious nature of relying on anything other than God for security. In the context of the Book of Job, Bildad is speaking to Job, suggesting that those who forget God have a false sense of security. The fragility of human confidence is a recurring theme in Scripture, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/11-28.htm">Proverbs 11:28</a>, which warns that those who trust in riches will fall. The idea is that human strength and wisdom are insufficient without divine support, echoing the sentiment found in <a href="/jeremiah/17-5.htm">Jeremiah 17:5-6</a>, where trust in man is contrasted with trust in the Lord.<p><b>his security is in a spider’s web.</b><br>The imagery of a spider’s web conveys the idea of something that appears intricate and strong but is, in reality, easily destroyed. In ancient times, a spider’s web would have been a common metaphor for something delicate and unreliable. This metaphor is used to illustrate the futility of placing trust in anything other than God. The web, though skillfully made, cannot withstand pressure, much like the false securities people often rely on. This can be connected to the teachings of Jesus in <a href="/matthew/7-24.htm">Matthew 7:24-27</a>, where He contrasts the wise man who builds his house on the rock with the foolish man who builds on sand. The spider’s web, like the sand, cannot provide true security.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/b/bildad_the_shuhite.htm">Bildad the Shuhite</a></b><br>One of Job's three friends who comes to comfort him. Bildad is known for his traditional and conservative views on divine justice, often emphasizing that suffering is a result of sin.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A wealthy and righteous man who experiences immense suffering and loss. The Book of Job explores his struggle to understand his suffering and maintain his faith in God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/u/uz.htm">Uz</a></b><br>The land where Job lived. It is often associated with the region east of Israel, possibly in Edom or northern Arabia.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The central figure in the Book of Job, whose sovereignty and justice are themes explored throughout the account.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/satan.htm">Satan</a></b><br>The adversary who challenges Job's righteousness, leading to Job's trials and suffering.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_fragility_of_misplaced_confidence.htm">The Fragility of Misplaced Confidence</a></b><br>Bildad uses the metaphor of a spider's web to illustrate the weakness of placing trust in anything other than God. Just as a spider's web is easily broken, so is the security found in worldly things.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_a_firm_foundation.htm">The Importance of a Firm Foundation</a></b><br>True security comes from a relationship with God. Like the wise builder in Jesus' parable, we must build our lives on the solid foundation of God's Word and promises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Bildad's perspective, though limited, reminds us that sin can lead to instability and insecurity. While not all suffering is a direct result of personal sin, sin does have consequences that can affect our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trusting_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Trusting in God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Even when we do not understand our circumstances, we are called to trust in God's sovereignty and goodness. Our confidence should be in His unchanging nature, not in our own understanding or resources.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_is_ahinoam_of_jezreel.htm">Can Satan listen to our prayers?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_the_bible_support_eternal_security.htm">Is the doctrine of eternal security supported by the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_bildad_blame_job's_kids'_deaths.htm">How can Bildad confidently claim (Job 8:2-4) that Job's children must have sinned to deserve death, when other passages suggest righteous people can suffer unjustly?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_job_14_12_contradict_resurrection.htm">When Job 14:12 says the dead 'do not rise,' does this contradict later scriptures affirming an immediate afterlife or resurrection?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 14.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Whose hope shall be cut off</span>; or, <span class="accented">break in sunder</span> (Revised Version). Here the second metaphor begins to come in. The ungodly, who has built up around him a house, and a body of dependants and friends, is like a spider which has spun itself a magnificent web, and thinks to find a defense in it. The moment it is put to the proof it breaks in sunder;" its delicate tracery is shattered; its fabric goes to nought. Job's house had gone to nought before his person was smitten, and, though it had once been so strong, in the hour of trial had lent him no support at all. <span class="cmt_word">And whose trust shall be a spider's web</span>; literally, <span class="accented">a spider's house.</span> All the trust of the ungodly, in whatever it consists, shall be as fragile, as frail, as unsubstantial, as the filmy structure that a spider spins with such ears and skill, but which a wind, or a wasp, or an inconsiderate movement of its own may shatter to bits. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/8-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">His</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁר־</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">confidence</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּסְל֑וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(kis·lōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3689.htm">Strong's 3689: </a> </span><span class="str2">Fatness, the loin, the viscera, silliness, trust</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is fragile;</span><br /><span class="heb">יָק֥וֹט</span> <span class="translit">(yā·qō·wṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6990.htm">Strong's 6990: </a> </span><span class="str2">To clip off, destroy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his security</span><br /><span class="heb">מִבְטַחֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(miḇ·ṭa·ḥōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4009.htm">Strong's 4009: </a> </span><span class="str2">A refuge, security, assurance</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is in a spider’s</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֝כָּבִ֗ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ak·kā·ḇîš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5908.htm">Strong's 5908: </a> </span><span class="str2">A spider</span><br /><br /><span class="word">web.</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבֵ֥ית</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/8-14.htm">Job 8:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/8-14.htm">Job 8:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/8-14.htm">Job 8:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/8-14.htm">Job 8:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/8-14.htm">Job 8:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/8-14.htm">Job 8:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/8-14.htm">Job 8:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/8-14.htm">Job 8:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/8-14.htm">Job 8:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/8-14.htm">Job 8:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/8-14.htm">OT Poetry: Job 8:14 Whose confidence shall break apart Whose trust (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/8-13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 8:13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 8:13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/8-15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 8:15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 8:15" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>