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15 
“He trusts in his house, but it does not stand;
He holds tightly to it, but it does not endure.
16 
“He thrives and prospers [like a green plant] before the sun,
And his branches spread out over his garden.
17 
“His [godless] roots are wrapped around a pile of rocks,
And he gazes at a house of stones.

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15 They lean on the web,(A) but it gives way;
    they cling to it, but it does not hold.(B)
16 They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine,
    spreading its shoots(C) over the garden;(D)
17 it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks
    and looks for a place among the stones.

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