"For what {is} the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?" — Job 27:8

Job 27:8 · KJV

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

— Job 27:8

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?

Job 27 — Context

My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach {me} so long as I live. {so long...: Heb. from my days}

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

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

Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?

Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?

Cross References

Matthew 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?

Job 8:13

So {are} the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:

Luke 12:20-21

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? {thy...: Gr. do they require thy soul}

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. {they shall...: Heb. flight shall perish from them} {the giving...: or, a puff of breath}

Mark 8:36-37

Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Job 31:3

{Is} not destruction to the wicked? and a strange {punishment} to the workers of iniquity?

Job 13:16

He also {shall be} my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

1 Timothy 6:9-10

But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and {into} many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

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