The Meaning of Job 8:14 Explained

Job 8:14

KJV: Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.

YLT: Whose confidence is loathsome, And the house of a spider his trust.

Darby: Whose confidence shall be cut off, and his reliance is a spider's web.

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Whose hope  shall be cut off,  and whose trust  [shall be] a spider's  web. 

What does Job 8:14 Mean?

Study Notes

trust
Trust is the characteristic O.T. word for the N.T. "faith," "believe." It occurs 152 times in the O.T., and is the rendering of Heb. words signifying to take refuge (e.g. Ruth 2:12 "to lean on" (e.g.) Psalms 56:3 "to roll on" (e.g.) Psalms 22:8 "to stay upon" (e.g.) Job 35:14 .

Context Summary

Job 8:1-22 - God Will Not Cast Away
Bildad now takes up the argument, appealing to the experience of former generations to show that special suffering, like Job's, indicated special sin, however deeply concealed. He feels that God could not pervert judgment, and that the sudden destruction of Job's children proved that they had transgressed.
Job 8:11-13 are probably quoted from an old poem, embodying the sententious observation of some older generation, which compared the ungodly to the rapid growth and more rapid destruction of the papyrus plant. Job 8:14-15 compare the state of the ungodly to the slight fabric of the spider's web, fine-spun, flimsy, and insecure. Job 8:16-19 employ yet another comparison-that of the weeds, which grow to rank luxuriance, spreading over heaps of stones and even walls, which they are figuratively said to see in the distance and creep toward; the very earth is ashamed of them, as presently they lie withered on the path. But notice the assurances that God will uphold all those who return to Him. Be of good cheer; thou shalt yet praise Him! [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 8

1  Bildad shows God's justice in dealing with men according to their works
8  He alleges antiquity to prove the certain destruction of the hypocrite
20  He applies God's just dealing to Job

What do the individual words in Job 8:14 mean?

Whose shall be cut off confidence and a web of spider whose trust [is]
אֲשֶׁר־ יָק֥וֹט כִּסְל֑וֹ וּבֵ֥ית עַ֝כָּבִ֗ישׁ מִבְטַחֽוֹ

אֲשֶׁר־  Whose 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
יָק֥וֹט  shall  be  cut  off 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָקֹוט  
Sense: (Qal) to be cut off, break, snap.
כִּסְל֑וֹ  confidence 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: כֶּסֶל 
Sense: loins, flank.
וּבֵ֥ית  and  a  web 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
עַ֝כָּבִ֗ישׁ  of  spider 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַכָּבִישׁ  
Sense: spider.
מִבְטַחֽוֹ  whose  trust  [is] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מִבְטָח  
Sense: trust, confidence, refuge.

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