Job 8:13
So [are] the paths of all forgetting God, || And the hope of the profane perishes,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
In Context
12While it [is] in its budding—uncropped, || Even before any herb it withers.
14Whose confidence is loathsome, || And the house of a spider his trust.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:12Take heed to yourself lest you forget YHWH who has brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants.
Deuteronomy 8:14and your heart has been high, and you have forgotten your God YHWH who is bringing you out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants;
Job 11:20And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, || And refuge has perished from them, || And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul!”
Job 15:34For the company of the profane [is] barren, || And fire has consumed tents of bribery.
Job 20:5That the singing of the wicked [is] short, || And the joy of the profane for a moment,
Job 36:13And the profane in heart set the face, || They do not cry when He has bound 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 →