Holy Scripture
Job 8:15
A church father on this verse
“He leaneth upon his house, but it shall not stand; he shall prop it, but it shall not rise up. As the house of our exterior life is the building which the body lives in, so the house of our thought is any thing whatever that the mind is centered in by affection. For every thing that we love, we as it were make our dwe…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
15If he should prop up his house, it shall not stand: And when he has taken hold of it, it shall not remain.
Modern
Preparing…
Teens
Preparing…
Kids
Preparing…
In context
13Thus then shall be the end of all that forget the Lord: For the hope of the ungodly shall perish.
14For his house shall be without inhabitants, And his tent shall prove a spider’s web.
— Job 8:15 —
16For it is moist under the sun, And his branch shall come forth out of his dungheap.
17He lies down upon a gathering of stones, And shall live in the midst of flints.