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12 While yet green and not cut down,
    they wither more quickly than any plant.
13 Such is the fate of all those who forget God;
    thus the hope of the godless man will perish.
14 His confidence is only a thread,
    his trust 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.