Job 8:13

So are the paths of all that forget El (G-d), 1 and the tikvat chanef (hope of the hypocrite, the irreligious, the secretly wicked profane person) shall perish, 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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, 1 it withereth before kol khatzir (all grass). 1

14Whose hope shall be cut off, 1 and whose reliance shall be a bais akavish (spiderʼs web). 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 6:12Then beware lest thou forget Hashem, which brought thee forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim, from the bais avadim.

Deuteronomy 8:14Then thine lev be lifted up, and thou forget Hashem Eloheicha which brought thee forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim, from the bais avadim;

Job 11:20But the eyes of the resha'im faileth, 1 and they shall not escape, 1 and their tikveh shall be as the last gasp of the nefesh.

Job 15:34For the Adat Chanef (congregation of hypocrites) shall be barren, 1 and eish shall consume the ohalim of bribery. 1

Job 20:5That the triumphing of the resha'im is short, 1 and the simchat chanef (joy of the hypocrite) but for a moment? 1

Job 36:13But the chanefei lev (irreligious in heart, hypocrites) incur wrath; 1 they do not cry for help when He bindeth 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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