Bildad: Job Should Repent

Job 8:15

In 11 translations

BSB: He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.
KJV: He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
WEB: He will lean on his house, but it will not stand. He will cling to it, but it will not endure.
ASV: He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
LSV: He leans on his house—and it does not stand, || He takes hold on it—and it does not abide.
YLT: He leaneth on his house — and it standeth not: He taketh hold on it — and it abideth not.
DBY: He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand; he shall lay hold on it, but it shall not endure.
DRC: He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand: he shall prop it up, and it shall not rise:
GNV: He shall leane vpon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall holde him fast by it, yet shall it not endure.
JPS: He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
LXXE: If he should prop up his house, it shall not stand: and when he has taken hold of it, it shall not remain.

WLC: יִשָּׁעֵ֣ן עַל־בֵּ֭יתוֹ וְלֹ֣א יַעֲמֹ֑ד יַחֲזִ֥יק בּ֝֗וֹ וְלֹ֣א יָקֽוּם׃
LXX-Br: Ἐὰν ὑπερείσῃ τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ, οὐ μὴ στῇ· ἐπιλαβομένου δὲ αὐτοῦ, οὐ μὴ ὑπομείνῃ·

◆ Job's Trial

People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Job 27:18The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.
Matthew 7:24–27Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not…
Luke 6:47–49I will show you what he is like who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them: He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed…
Psalms 112:10The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.
Psalms 52:5–7Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the…
Proverbs 10:28The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectations of the wicked will perish.
Psalms 49:11Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations— even though their lands were their namesakes.
Job 18:14He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).