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Job 8:16
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14 Whose confidence shall be cut off,
And whose trust is1 a spider’s web. 
15 aHe leans on his house, but it does not stand.
He holds it fast, but it does not endure. 
16 He grows green in the sun,
And his branches spread out in his garden.
17 His roots wrap around the rock heap,
And look for a place in the stones.
18 aIf he is destroyed from his place,
Then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have not seen you.’ 
19 “Behold, this is the joy of His way,
And aout of the earth others will grow. 
20 Behold, aGod will not cast away the blameless,
Nor will He uphold the evildoers. 
21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughing,
And your lips with1 rejoicing. 
Commentaries:
John Wesley's Notes
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Job 8:16

He - The secure and prosperous sinner may think himself wronged, when he is compared to a rush or flag. Compare him then to a flourishing and well - rooted tree. Yet even then shall he be suddenly cut off. Green - Flourisheth in the world. Before the sun - Publickly and in the view of all men. Branch - His children, who are here mentioned as additions not only to his comfort, but also to his strength and safety. Garden - A place where it is defended from those injuries to which the trees of the field are subject, and where, besides the advantages common to all trees, it hath peculiar helps from the art and industry of men. So he supposes this man to be placed in the most desirable circumstances.


 
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