Job 8:14 Commentary: Rashi

אֲשֶׁר־יָק֥וֹט כִּסְל֑וֹ וּבֵ֥ית עַ֝כָּבִ֗ישׁ מִבְטַחֽוֹ׃

Whose confidence is gossamer, And whose trust is a spider’s web.

Rashi on Job

whose confidence shall be cut off His confidence and his trust Will be cut off
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Rashi on Job

confidence Heb. כסלו. That is the thought of his confidence. like (below 31:24), “If I put my confidence (כסלי) in gold. יקוט is an expression of cutting off; as (Ezek. 16:47): “for after a very little while (קט).”
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Rashi on Job

a spider’s web which does not last, is his trust.
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