Job 27:8
For what is the hope of a godless man when God cuts him off, 1 when God takes away his life? 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
In Context
7Let my enemy be like a wicked man; 1 let him who rises up against me be like an unrighteous man. 1
9Will God hear his cry 1 when trouble comes upon him? 1
Cross References
Job 8:13So also are the paths of all who forget God; 1 the hope of the godless will perish. 1
Job 13:16This will be the reason for my deliverance, 1 for no godless person would come before him. 1
Job 20:5the triumph of a wicked man is short, 1 and the joy of a godless man lasts only for a moment? 1
Isaiah 33:14The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless ones. 1 Who among us can sojourn with a raging fire? Who among us can sojourn with everlasting burnings? 1
Matthew 23:13But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven against people. For you do not enter it yourselves, and neither do you allow those about to enter to do so.
Luke 9:25What good is it for a person to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit himself?
Matthew Henry on Job 27:8-11
Condition of Hypocrites. ( b. c. 1520.) 7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. 8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? 9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God? Job having solemnly protested the satisfaction he had in his integrity, for the further clearing of himself, here expresses the dread he had of being found a hypocrite.… Read the whole commentary →