Job 8:13
This is what happens to everyone who forgets God. The hopes of those who live without God come to nothing.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
In Context
12Even without being cut, while they are still flowering, they wither faster than grass.
14Their confidence is like holding on to a flimsy spider's web.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:12make sure you don't forget the Lord who led you out of Egypt, out of the prison-house of slavery.
Deuteronomy 8:14then you will become proud, and you will forget the Lord your God who led you out of Egypt, out of the prison-house of slavery.
Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, they will not be able to escape, and their only hope is in death.”
Job 15:34For those who reject God are barren, and fire will burn up the homes of those who love bribes.
Job 20:5that the triumph of the wicked doesn't last long, that those who reject God are only happy for a short time?
Job 36:13Those who reject God hold on to their bitterness. Even when he disciplines them they do not cry out to him for help.
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 →