Job 8:13
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
Updated King James Version
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 his greenness, and not cut down, it withers before any other herb.
14Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:12Then beware lest you forget the LORD, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
Deuteronomy 8:14Then yours heart be lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the spirit.
Job 15:34For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
Job 20:5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Job 36:13But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he binds 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 →