Job 8:13

Thus then shall be the end of all that forget the Lord: 1 For the hope of the ungodly shall perish. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12When it is yet on the root, and though it has not been cut down, 1 Does not any herb wither before it has received moisture? 1

14For his house shall be without inhabitants, 1 And his tent shall prove a spider’s web. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 6:12beware lest thou forget the Lord thy God that brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Deuteronomy 8:14thou shouldest be exalted in heart, and forget the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage:

Job 11:20But safety shall fail them; 1 For their hope is destruction, 1 And the eyes of the ungodly shall waste away.

Job 15:34For death is the witness of an ungodly man, 1 And fire shall burn the houses of them that receive gifts. 1

Job 20:5But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, 1 And the joy of transgressors is destruction: 1

Job 36:13And the hypocrites in heart will array wrath against themselves; 1 They will not cry, because he has bound them. 1

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 →

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