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Job 27:8

For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

KJV

Quæ est enim spes hypocritæ, si avare rapiat, et non liberet Deus animam ejus ?

Vulgate

καὶ τίς γάρ ἐστιν ἐλπὶς ἀσεβεῖ ὅτι ἐπέχει; πεποιθὼς ἐπὶ κύριον ἆρα σωθήσεται;

LXX

For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?

ASV

כִּ֤י מַה תִּקְוַ֣ת חָ֭נֵף כִּ֣י יִבְצָ֑ע כִּ֤י יֵ֖שֶׁל אֱל֣וֹהַּ נַפְשֽׁ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱל֣וֹהַּ
'lvh
noun · 60×
חָנֵ֣ף
chnp
adjective · 13×
י
y
noun · 752×
יֵ֖שֶׁל
yshl
verb · 1×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
נִי
ny
verb · 16×
תִּקְוָ֑ה
tqvh
noun · 34×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Col 4:2 — Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
  • Eccl 9:4 — For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
  • Hos 5:15 — I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
  • Isa 1:15 — And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
  • Jas 4:3 — Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
  • Job 5:3 — I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
  • Job 8:13 — So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
  • Job 8:13 — So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
  • Job 11:20 — But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
  • Job 13:16 — He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
  • Job 14:19 — The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
  • Job 15:34 — For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
  • Job 20:5 — That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
  • Job 36:13 — But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
  • John 9:31 — Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
  • Luke 12:20 — But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
  • Luke 12:20 — But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
  • Luke 18:1 — And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
  • Mark 4:17 — And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended.
  • Matt 13:21 — Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
  • Matt 16:26 — For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
  • Matt 16:26 — For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
  • Prov 10:22 — The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
  • Ps 66:18 — If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
  • Ps 73:17 — Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
  • Rom 5:5 — And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
  • Rom 12:12 — Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;