Job 27:8

כִּי מַה ־ תִּקְוַת חָנֵף כִּי יִבְצָע כִּי יֵשֶׁל אֱלוֹהַּ נַפְשֽׁוֹ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

7יְהִי כְרָשָׁע אֹיְבִי וּמִתְקוֹמְמִי כְעַוָּֽל ׃

9הַֽצַעֲקָתוֹ יִשְׁמַע ׀ אֵל כִּֽי ־ תָבוֹא עָלָיו צָרָֽה ׃

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Cross References

Job 8:13כֵּן אָרְחוֹת כָּל ־ שֹׁכְחֵי אֵל וְתִקְוַת חָנֵף תֹּאבֵֽד ׃

Job 13:16גַּם ־ הוּא ־ לִי לִֽישׁוּעָה כִּי ־ לֹא לְפָנָיו חָנֵף יָבֽוֹא ׃

Job 20:5כִּי רִנְנַת רְשָׁעִים מִקָּרוֹב וְשִׂמְחַת חָנֵף עֲדֵי ־ רָֽגַע ׃

Isaiah 33:14פָּחֲדוּ בְצִיּוֹן חַטָּאִים אָחֲזָה רְעָדָה חֲנֵפִים מִי ׀ יָגוּר לָנוּ אֵשׁ אוֹכֵלָה מִי ־ יָגוּר לָנוּ מוֹקְדֵי עוֹלָֽם ׃

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 →

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