Job 8:15
New International Version
They lean on the web, but it gives way; they cling to it, but it does not hold.

New Living Translation
They cling to their home for security, but it won’t last. They try to hold it tight, but it will not endure.

English Standard Version
He leans against his house, but it does not stand; he lays hold of it, but it does not endure.

Berean Standard Bible
He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.

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

New King James Version
He leans on his house, but it does not stand. He holds it fast, but it does not endure.

New American Standard Bible
“He depends on his house, but it does not stand; He holds on to it, but it does not endure.

NASB 1995
“He trusts in his house, but it does not stand; He holds fast to it, but it does not endure.

NASB 1977
“He trusts in his house, but it does not stand; He holds fast to it, but it does not endure.

Legacy Standard Bible
He relies on his house, but it does not stand; He holds fast to it, but it is not established.

Amplified Bible
“He trusts in his house, but it does not stand; He holds tightly to it, but it does not endure.

Christian Standard Bible
He leans on his web, but it doesn’t stand firm. He grabs it, but it does not hold up.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He leans on his web, but it doesn’t stand firm. He grabs it, but it does not hold up.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He will put trust on his house and it will not stand, and he will hold firmly and it will not be established

Brenton Septuagint Translation
If he should prop up his house, it shall not stand: and when he has taken hold of it, it shall not remain.

Contemporary English Version
they take hold and fall because it's so flimsy.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand: he shall prop it up, and it shall not rise:

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
If one leans on his house, it collapses. If one holds on to it, it will not support his weight.

Good News Translation
If they lean on a web, will it hold them up? If they grab for a thread, will it help them stand?"

International Standard Version
He leans against his house, but it won't stand; he grabs hold of it firmly, but it doesn't last.

JPS Tanakh 1917
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand; He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.

Literal Standard Version
He leans on his house—and it does not stand, | He takes hold on it—and it does not abide.

Majority Standard Bible
He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.

New American Bible
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand; he shall cling to it, but it shall not endure.

NET Bible
He leans against his house but it does not hold up, he takes hold of it but it does not stand.

New Revised Standard Version
If one leans against its house, it will not stand; if one lays hold of it, it will not endure.

New Heart English Bible
He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand. He shall cling to it, but it shall not endure.

Webster's Bible Translation
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

World English Bible
He will lean on his house, but it will not stand. He will cling to it, but it will not endure.

Young's Literal Translation
He leaneth on his house -- and it standeth not: He taketh hold on it -- and it abideth not.

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Context
Bildad: Job Should Repent
14His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web. 15He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure. 16He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.…

Cross References
Job 8:22
Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more."

Job 27:18
The house he built is like a moth's cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.

Psalm 49:11
Their graves are their eternal homes--their dwellings for endless generations--even though their lands were their namesakes.

Proverbs 14:11
The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

Amos 6:13
you who rejoice in Lo-debar and say, 'Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?'


Treasury of Scripture

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

it shall not stand

Job 18:14
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.

Job 27:18
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.

Psalm 52:5-7
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah…

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Job 8
1. Bildad shows God's justice in dealing with men according to their works.
8. He alleges antiquity to prove the certain destruction of the hypocrite.
20. He applies God's just dealing to Job.














(15) It shall not endure.--The description of the wicked man ends here.

Verse 15. - He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure. A spider's web, once damaged, rapidly goes to pieces. It cannot be patched up. To "lean upon it" is to put its structure to a test which it is unable to bear. It cannot "stand" or "endure." The case is the same with all the supports of the ungodly.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He leans
יִשָּׁעֵ֣ן (yiš·šā·‘ên)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8172: To lean, support oneself

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

his web,
בֵּ֭יתוֹ (bê·ṯōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1004: A house

but it gives way;
יַעֲמֹ֑ד (ya·‘ă·mōḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations

he holds fast,
יַחֲזִ֥יק (ya·ḥă·zîq)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

but it does not
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

endure.
יָקֽוּם׃ (yā·qūm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand


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