New King James Version
Job 8:13
13So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the hypocrite shall perish,
Job 8:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
- New International Version (NIV)Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless shall perish.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The same happens to all who forget God. The hopes of the godless evaporate.
Context of Job 8:13
11“Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the reeds flourish without water? 12While it is yet green and not cut down, It withers before any other plant. So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the hypocrite shall perish, 14Whose confidence shall be cut off, And whose trust is a spider’s web. 15He leans on his house, but it does not stand. He holds it fast, but it does not endure.
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כֵּ֗ן אָ֭רְחוֹת כָּל־שֹׁ֣כְחֵי אֵ֑ל וְתִקְוַ֖ת חָנֵ֣ף תֹּאבֵֽד׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 8:13
- Deuteronomy 6:12then beware, lest you forget the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
- Deuteronomy 8:11“Beware that you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping His commandments, His judgments, and His statutes which I command you today,
- Psalms 9:17The wicked shall be turned into hell, And all the nations that forget God.
- Psalms 10:4The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God; God is in none of his thoughts.
- Psalms 50:22“Now consider this, you who forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, And there be none to deliver:
- Isaiah 51:13And you forget the Lord your Maker, Who stretched out the heavens And laid the foundations of the earth; You have feared continually every day Because of the fury of the oppressor, When he has prepared to destroy. And where is the fury of the oppressor?
- Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, And they shall not escape, And their hope—loss of life!”
- Job 13:16He also shall be my salvation, For a hypocrite could not come before Him.
- Job 15:34For the company of hypocrites will be barren, And fire will consume the tents of bribery.
- Job 18:14He is uprooted from the shelter of his tent, And they parade him before the king of terrors.
- Job 20:5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment?
- Job 27:8For what is the hope of the hypocrite, Though he may gain much, If God takes away his life?
- Job 36:13“But the hypocrites in heart store up wrath; They do not cry for help when He binds them.
- Proverbs 10:28The hope of the righteous will be gladness, But the expectation of the wicked will perish.
- Proverbs 12:7The wicked are overthrown and are no more, But the house of the righteous will stand.
- Isaiah 33:14The sinners in Zion are afraid; Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites: “Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?”
Commentaries on Job 8:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13So are the paths - The papyrus and the rush flourish while they have a plentiful supply of ooze and water; but take these away, and their prosperity is speedily at an end; so it is with the wicked and profane; their prosperity is of short duration, however great it may appear to be in the beginning. Thou also, O thou enemy of God, hast flourished for a time; but the blast of God is come upon thee, and now thou art dried up from the very roots. The…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13So are the paths of all that forget God - This is clearly a part of the quotation from the sayings of the ancients. The word “paths” here means ways, acts, doings. They who forget God are like the paper-reed. They seem to flourish, but they have nothing that is firm and substantial. As the paper-reed soon dies, as the flag withers away before any other herb, so it will be with the wicked, though apparently prosperous. And the hypocrite‘s hope shall perish…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-19Verses 8-19 Bildad discourses well of hypocrites and evil-doers, and the fatal end of all their hopes and joys. He proves this truth of the destruction of the hopes and joys of hypocrites, by an appeal to former times. Bildad refers to the testimony of the ancients. Those teach best that utter words out of their heart, that speak from an experience of spiritual and divine things. A rush growing in fenny ground, looking very green, but withering in dry…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-13To forget God means behaving as if God does not exist or cannot see (see Psalms 10:4; 14:1; Zephaniah 1:12; see Job 22:13–17; Psalm 94:7).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. paths--so "ways" (Pr 1:19). all that forget God--the distinguishing trait of the godless (Psa 9:17; 50:22).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 8
- 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
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