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Job 8:14

Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.

KJV

Non ei placebit vecordia sua, et sicut tela aranearum fiducia ejus.

Vulgate

ἀοίκητος γὰρ αὐτοῦ ἔσται ὁ οἶκος, ἀράχνη δὲ αὐτοῦ ἀποβήσεται ἡ σκηνή.

LXX

Whose confidence shall break in sunder, And whose trust is a spider’s web.

ASV

אֲשֶׁר יָק֥וֹט כִּסְל֑/וֹ וּ/בֵ֥ית עַ֝כָּבִ֗ישׁ מִבְטַחֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
וֹ
v
noun · 15×
יָק֥וֹט
yqvt
verb · 1×
כְּסָלִ֑ים
kslym
noun · 13×
עַכָּבִ֖ישׁ
'kbysh
noun · 2×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 59:5 — 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.
  • Isa 59:5 — 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.
  • Job 27:18 — He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.