Job 27:8
6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
- KJV
- For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
- WEB
- For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
- ASV
- For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?
- DARBY
- For what is the hope of the ungodly, when [God] cutteth him off, when God taketh away his soul?
- BLB
- For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
- ÅB
- For hva håp har den gudløse, når Gud avskjærer hans liv, når han tar hans sjel fra ham?
- OTB
- For hva håp har den gudløse når hans liv tar slutt,
Når Gud krever hans liv? - B1930
- For hvad håp har den gudløse, når Gud avskjærer hans liv, når han tar hans sjel fra ham?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 16:26
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Read in contextJob 8:13
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
Read in contextLuke 12:20–21
But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
Read in contextJob 11:20
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
Read in contextJames 5:1–3
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
Read in contextLuke 9:25
For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
Read in contextJob 31:3
Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
Read in contextJob 13:16
He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
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