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Job 8:13

11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:

14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.

15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
KJV
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
WEB
So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man will perish,
ASV
So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish:
DARBY
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the profane man's hope shall perish,
BLB
So [are] the paths of all those forgetting God; and the hope of the godless will perish,
ÅB
Slik går det alle dem som glemmer Gud, og den gudløses håp går til grunne;
OTB
Slik er skjebnen for alle som glemmer Gud;
håpet til de gudløse skal gå til grunne.
B1930
Således går det alle dem som glemmer Gud, og den gudløses håp går til grunne;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 9:17

    The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

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  • Job 13:16

    He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

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  • Job 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.

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  • Proverbs 10:28

    The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

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  • Job 15:34

    For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

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  • Luke 12:1–2

    In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

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  • Deuteronomy 8:11

    Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:

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  • Proverbs 12:7

    The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

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