Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
He shall lean upon his house and it shall not stand: he shall hold fast upon it, and it shall not rise up.
New American Standard Bible
He holds fast to it, but it does not endure.
King James Version
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
Holman Bible
He grabs it, but it does not hold up.
International Standard Version
He leans against his house, but it won't stand; he grabs hold of it firmly, but it doesn't last.
A Conservative Version
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand. He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
American Standard Version
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
Amplified
“He trusts in his house, but it does not stand;
He holds tightly to it, but it does not endure.
Bible in Basic English
He is looking to his family for support, but it is not there; he puts his hope in it, but it comes to nothing.
Darby Translation
He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand; he shall lay hold on it, but it shall not endure.
King James 2000
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He will lean himself against his house, but it will not stand; he will take hold of it, but it will not endure.
Modern King James verseion
He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold fast to it, but it shall not endure.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He leaneth him upon his house, but he shall not stand; he holdeth him fast by it, yet shall he not endure.
NET Bible
He leans against his house but it does not hold up, he takes hold of it but it does not stand.
New Heart English Bible
He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand. He shall cling to it, but it shall not endure.
The Emphasized Bible
He leaneth upon his house, and it will not stand, he holdeth it fast, and it will not remain erect.
Webster
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
World English Bible
He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand. He shall cling to it, but it shall not endure.
Youngs Literal Translation
He leaneth on his house -- and it standeth not: He taketh hold on it -- and it abideth not.
Interlinear
Bayith
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 8:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Bildad's First Response To Job
14 Which his hope shall be cut off, and the spider's house his trust 15 He shall lean upon his house and it shall not stand: he shall hold fast upon it, and it shall not rise up. 16 It was moist before the sun, and its sprout will come forth upon his garden.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Job 27:18
He built his house as the moth, and as a booth he watching made.
Job 18:14
His confidence shall be plucked out from his tent, and it shall drive him to the king of terrors.
Psalm 49:11
The midst of them their houses forever, their dwellings to generation and generation; they called in their names upon their lands.
Psalm 52:5-7
Also God will break thee down forever; he will take thee and sweep thee away from the tent, and root thee up from the land of the living. Silence.
Psalm 112:10
The unjust one shall see and be angry; shall gnash his teeth and he melted away: the desire of the unjust shall perish.
Proverbs 10:28
The hope of the just is gladness: and the expectation of the unjust shall perish.
Matthew 7:24-27
Therefore, every one which hears these my words and does them, I will liken him to a discerning man which built his house upon the rock.
Luke 6:47-49
Every one coming to me, and hearing my words, and doing them, I will shew you to whom he is like: