Job 27:8

Job 27:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
• New International Version (NIV)For what hope have the godless when they are cut off, when God takes away their life?
• English Standard Version (ESV)For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life?
• New King James Version (NKJV)For what is the hope of the hypocrite, Though he may gain much, If God takes away his life?

Context of Job 27:8

6I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go. My heart does not reproach any of my days. 7“May my enemy be as the wicked And my opponent as the unjust. For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, When God requires his life? 9Will God hear his cry When distress comes upon him? 10Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times?

Job 27:8 word by word

כִּ֤י מַה־תִּקְוַ֣ת חָ֭נֵף כִּ֣י יִבְצָ֑ע כִּ֤י יֵ֖שֶׁל אֱל֣וֹהַּ נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• For whatמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• the hopeתִּקְוָהtiqvâh · hopeH8615
• of the godlessחָנֵףchânêph · profaneH2611
• whenכִּיkîy · forH3588
• he is cutבָּצַעbâtsa‛ · to cut offH1214
• offבָּצַעbâtsa‛ · to cut offH1214
• Godאֱלֹהַּ'ĕlôahh 'ĕlôahh · godH433
• requiresשָׁלָהshâlâh · to extractH7953
• lifeנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: lifeH5315

Cross-references for Job 27:8

• Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, And there will be no escape for them; And their hope is to breathe their last.”
• Job 13:16This also will be my salvation, For a godless man may not come before His presence.
• Job 15:34For the company of the godless is barren, And fire consumes the tents of the corrupt.
• Job 20:5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless momentary?
• Job 31:3Is it not calamity to the unjust And disaster to those who work iniquity?
• Isaiah 33:14Sinners in Zion are terrified; Trembling has seized the godless. “Who among us can live with the consuming fire? Who among us can live with continual burning?”
• Matthew 16:26For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
• Matthew 23:14[Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive greater condemnation.]
• Mark 8:36For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?
• Luke 9:25For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself?
• Luke 12:20But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?’
• 1 Timothy 6:9But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction.
• James 5:1Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.

Commentaries on Job 27:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8What is the hope of the hypocrite - The word חנף chaneph, which we translate, most improperly, hypocrite, means a wicked fellow, a defiled, polluted wretch, a rascal, a knave, a man who sticks at nothing in order to gain his ends. In this verse it means a dishonest man, a rogue, who by overreaching, cheating, etc., has amassed a fortune. When God taketh away his soul? - Could he have had any well grounded hope of eternal blessedness when he was acquiring…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8For what is the hope of the hypocrite? - The same sentiment which Job here advances had before been expressed by Bildad; see it explained in the notes at Job 8:13 following It had also been expressed in a similar manner by Zophar (see the notes on Job 20:5, and had been much insisted on in their arguments. Job now says that he fully accords with that belief. He was not disposed to defend hypocrisy; he had no sympathy for it. He knew, as they did, that all…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-10Verses 7-10 Job looked upon the condition of a hypocrite and a wicked man, to be most miserable. If they gained through life by their profession, and kept up their presumptuous hope till death, what would that avail when God required their souls? The more comfort we find in our religion, the more closely we shall cleave to it. Those who have no delight in God, are easily drawn away by the pleasures, and easily overcome by the crosses of this life. (Job…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. "What hope hath the hypocrite, notwithstanding all his gains, when?" &c. "Gained" is antithetic to "taketh away." Umbreit's translation is an unmeaning tautology. "When God cuts off, when He taketh away his life." taketh away--literally, "draws out" the soul from the body, which is, as it were, its scabbard (Job 4:21; Psa 104:29; Da 7:15). Job says that he admits what Bildad said (Job 8:13) and Zophar (Job 20:5). But he says the very fact of his still…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 27:8

• Death
• Hope
• Hypocrisy
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• God
• Deceit
• Heap
• Gain
• Godless
• Hypocrisy; Hyprocrite
• Job, Book of

Commentaries on Job 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings