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12 While it is still green and not cut down,
Yet it dries up before any other [a]plant.
13 So are the paths of (A)all who forget God;
And the (B)hope of the godless will perish,
14 Whose confidence is fragile,
And whose trust a (C)spider’s [b]web.

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  1. Job 8:12 Lit reed
  2. Job 8:14 Lit house

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