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12 While they are still green
    and not yet ready to be harvested,
        they wither before any plant.
13 Such are the paths of everyone who forgets God—
    the hope of the godless will be destroyed:
14 his confidence is shattered;
    his trust is in a spider’s web.

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12 While still growing and uncut,
    they wither more quickly than grass.(A)
13 Such is the destiny(B) of all who forget God;(C)
    so perishes the hope of the godless.(D)
14 What they trust in is fragile[a];
    what they rely on is a spider’s web.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 8:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.