Job 8:14
Job 8:8-19 The Message (MSG)
“Put the question to our ancestors, study what they learned from their ancestors. For we’re newcomers at this, with a lot to learn, and not too long to learn it. So why not let the ancients teach you, tell you what’s what, instruct you in what they knew from experience? Can mighty pine trees grow tall without soil? Can luscious tomatoes flourish without water? Blossoming flowers look beautiful before they’re cut or picked, but without soil or water they wither more quickly than grass. That’s what happens to all who forget God— all their hopes come to nothing. They hang their life from one thin thread, they hitch their fate to a spider web. One jiggle and the thread breaks, one jab and the web collapses. Or they’re like weeds springing up in the sunshine, invading the garden, Spreading everywhere, overtaking the flowers, getting a foothold even in the rocks. But when the gardener rips them out by the roots, the garden doesn’t miss them one bit. The sooner the godless are gone, the better; then good plants can grow in their place.
Job 8:14 King James Version (KJV)
Whose hope shall be cut off, And whose trust shall be a spider's web.
Job 8:14 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Whose confidence is fragile, And whose trust a spider’s web.
Job 8:14 New Century Version (NCV)
What they hope in is easily broken; what they trust is like a spider’s web.
Job 8:14 American Standard Version (ASV)
Whose confidence shall break in sunder, And whose trust is a spider’s web.
Job 8:14 New International Version (NIV)
What they trust in is fragile; what they rely on is a spider’s web.
Job 8:14 New King James Version (NKJV)
Whose confidence shall be cut off, And whose trust is a spider’s web.
Job 8:14 Amplified Bible (AMP)
For his confidence is fragile and breaks, And his trust is [like] a spider’s web.