OET interlinear JOB 8:14

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֲשֶׁר־יָק֥וֹט כִּסְל֑⁠וֹ וּ⁠בֵ֥ית עַ֝כָּבִ֗ישׁ מִבְטַחֽ⁠וֹ

(Some words not found in UHB: which/who fragile confidence_of,his and,[is_the]_house_of spider's of_confidence_of,his_object )

Bildad is speaking as if the confidence of a person who is godless literally snaps and as if the trust of a godless person were literally a spider’s web (the house of a spider). If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [whose confidence proves unfounded and whose trust is unreliable]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

אֲשֶׁר־יָק֥וֹט כִּסְל֑⁠וֹ וּ⁠בֵ֥ית עַ֝כָּבִ֗ישׁ מִבְטַחֽ⁠וֹ

(Some words not found in UHB: which/who fragile confidence_of,his and,[is_the]_house_of spider's of_confidence_of,his_object )

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of confidence and trust, you could express the same ideas in other ways. It may be helpful to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: [He is confident that certain things will happen, but they do not happen; he trusts in certain people and things to help him, but they do not]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וּ⁠בֵ֥ית עַ֝כָּבִ֗ישׁ מִבְטַחֽ⁠וֹ

and,[is_the]_house_of (Some words not found in UHB: which/who fragile confidence_of,his and,[is_the]_house_of spider's of_confidence_of,his_object )

Bildad is using the house of a spider (that is, a spider’s web) to represent something flimsy and unreliable. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly as a comparison. Alternate translation: [and whose trust is as flimsy and unreliable as a spider’s web]