Job 8:13
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the profane man's hope shall perish,
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
In Context
12Whilst it is yet in its greenness [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] grass.
14Whose confidence shall be cut off, and his reliance is a spider's web.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:12[then] beware lest thou forget Jehovah who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Deuteronomy 8:14then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget Jehovah thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and [all] refuge shall vanish from them, and their hope [shall be] the breathing out of life.
Job 15:34For the family of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
Job 20:5The exultation of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly man but for a moment?
Job 36:13But the godless in heart heap up anger; they cry not when he bindeth them:
Matthew Henry on Job 8:9-20
8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) 10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? 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. 13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:… Read the whole commentary →