KJV ORIGINAL
Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Their hope will be destroyed, and what they trust in will be as fragile as a spider's web.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse is warning that putting your trust in anything other than God is like depending on something as weak and easily broken as a spider's web.
📚 Historical Context
This comes from Bildad's second speech to Job, where he's arguing that those who forget God or are godless will find their security completely destroyed. In ancient times, spider webs were commonly used as symbols of fragility and things that could be easily swept away, making this a vivid image his audience would immediately understand.
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