21 Look, I know you are depending on Egypt,(A) that splintered reed of a staff,(B) which pierces the hand of anyone who leans on it! Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who depend on him.

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14 What they trust in is fragile[a];
    what they rely on is a spider’s web.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 8:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

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