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Whose confidence shall break apart, Whose trust is a spider`s web.
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A Spider's Web Faith
Commentators explain that a hypocrite's trust is like a spider's web. It may look intricate, but it is spun from the self, not from God's grace. It is incredibly fragile, unable to bear any weight, and offers no real protection from God's judgment. It is a 'vain confidence' that will be easily swept away.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Whose hope shall be cut off - Schultens supposes that the quotation from the ancients closes with (Job 8:13), and that these are…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Whose hope shall be cut off The same thing as before, expressed in different words, and repeated for the certainty o…
Bildad speaks insightfully about hypocrites and evildoers, and the fatal end of all their hopes and joys. He proves this truth—the destruction of t…
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13th Century
Catholic
In the preceding verses, Bildad of Shuah defended the same opinion that Eliphaz the Temanite had proposed: that those who are divinely punished for…
