New English Translation

Job 8:13-21 New English Translation (NET)

13. Such is the destiny of all who forget God;the hope of the godless perishes,

14. whose trust is in something futile,whose security is a spider’s web.

15. He leans against his house but it does not hold up,he takes hold of it but it does not stand.

16. He is a well-watered plant in the sun,its shoots spread over its garden.

17. It wraps its roots around a heap of stonesand it looks for a place among stones.

18. If he is uprooted from his place,then that place will disown him, saying, ‘I have never seen you!’

19. Indeed, this is the joy of his way,and out of the earth others spring up.

20. “Surely, God does not reject a blameless man,nor does he grasp the handof the evildoers.

21. He will yet fill your mouth with laughter,and your lips with gladness.