Job 27:8
For what hope is there for the hypocrite, if he greedily plunders and God does not free his soul?
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
In Context
7Let the impious be as my enemy, and the sinful, as my adversary.
9Will God pay attention to his cry, when anguish overcomes him?
Cross References
Job 8:13Just so are the ways of all who forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite will perish.
Job 13:16And he will be my savior, for no hypocrite at all will approach in his sight.
Job 20:5that the praise of the impious shall be short, and the joy of the hypocrite lasts only a moment.
Isaiah 33:14The sinners in Zion are terrified; trembling has taken hold of the hypocrites. Who among you is able to live with a devouring fire? Who among you will live with an everlasting flame?
Matthew 23:13So then: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you close the kingdom of heaven before men. For you yourselves do not enter, and those who are entering, you would not permit to enter.
Luke 9:25For how does it benefit a man, if he were to gain the whole world, yet lose himself, or cause himself harm?
Matthew Henry on Job 27:8-11
Condition of Hypocrites. ( b. c. 1520.) 7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. 8 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? Job having solemnly protested the satisfaction he had in his integrity, for the further clearing of himself, here expresses the dread he had of being found a hypocrite.… Read the whole commentary →