What does Job 8:14 mean?

Job 8:14 highlights themes such as hope, trust, despair when read in context.

How should I apply Job 8:14 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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

12Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

13So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:

14Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.

15He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

16He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.

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Proverbs 11:7
Proverbs highlights the futility of wicked hopes compared to the righteous.
Isaiah 59:4
Isaiah describes the emptiness of trusting in falsehoods.
Psalm 146:3
This psalm warns against placing trust in human leaders.