Tree of Life Version
Job 8:13
13Such are the ways of all who forget God; the hope of the godless perishes—
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 King James Version (NKJV)So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the hypocrite shall perish,
Context of Job 8:13
11“Can papyrus grow tall without a marsh? Can reeds flourish without water? 12When still in bloom and uncut, it withers more quickly than other grass. Such are the ways of all who forget God; the hope of the godless perishes— 14whose confidence is snapped off, his trust is a spider’s web. 15He leans against his house but it does not stand, He holds fast to it, but it does not hold up.
Read all of Job 8Job 8:13 word by word
כֵּ֗ן אָ֭רְחוֹת כָּל־שֹׁ֣כְחֵי אֵ֑ל וְתִקְוַ֖ת חָנֵ֣ף תֹּאבֵֽד׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 8:13
- Deuteronomy 6:12then watch yourself so that you do not forget Adonai, who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery.
- Deuteronomy 8:11“Take care that you do not forget Adonai your God by not keeping His mitzvot, ordinances and statutes that I am commanding you today.
- Psalms 9:17Adonai is known for executing judgment. The wicked one is trapped in the work of his own hands. Selah
- Psalms 10:4The wicked one, with his nose in the air, never seeks Him. All his thoughts are: “There is no God.”
- Psalms 50:22Now consider this, you who forget God. Or else I will tear you in pieces with no one to rescue you.
- Isaiah 51:13But you forgot Adonai your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. Are you in constant dread all day because of the fury of the oppressor as he makes ready to destroy? But where is the fury of the oppressor?
- Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; their only hope is their dying breath.”
- Job 13:16This, too, will be my salvation for no godless can come before Him.
- Job 15:34For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of bribery.
- Job 18:14He is torn from the security of his tent, and marched off to the king of terrors.
- Job 20:5that the triumph of the wicked is short and the joy of the godless is but for a moment?
- Job 27:8For what hope has the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes his soul?
- Job 36:13“The godless in heart harbor anger, they do not cry for help even when He binds them.
- Proverbs 10:28The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hope of the wicked perishes.
- Proverbs 12:7The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the household of the righteous will stand.
- Isaiah 33:14Sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless: “Who among us can live with the consuming fire?” “Who among us can live 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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