15 “He [a]trusts in his (A)house, but it does not stand;
He holds fast to it, but it does not endure.
16 “He [b](B)thrives before the sun,
And his (C)shoots spread out over his garden.
17 “His roots wrap around a rock pile,
He [c]grasps a house of stones.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 8:15 Lit leans on
  2. Job 8:16 Lit is lush
  3. Job 8:17 Heb sees

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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